[ぜんしゃのてつをふむ, zenshanotetsuwofumu] (exp, v5m) (See 轍を踏む) to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart
[てつをふむ, tetsuwofumu] (exp, v5m) (See 前車の轍を踏む, 前轍を踏む) to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut (left by someone else)