You have crawled out from under the shadow of your father.
The shadow of his father loomed large over him even in death.
But Nelson is slowly coming out from under the shadow of his father.
But it also reflects the long shadow of his father.
However, the shadow of his famous father, who died last year, is proving hard to escape.
Will he stay for ever in the shadow of his father?
I'd pledged nothing to the son, and he was a poor shadow of his father.
He had lived in the shadow of his father so many years.
The shadow of his father does not seem to plague him.
He was in no way a shadow of his father.