take a leaf out of someone's book
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take a leaf out of someone's book
verb takes a leaf out of someone's book · taking a leaf out of someone's book · took a leaf out of someone's book · taken a leaf out of someone's book
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To adopt an idea or practice of another person.
Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.
Similar: borrow a leaf out of someone's book, borrow a page from someone's book, rip a page out of someone's book, rip a page out of someone's playbook, take a page from someone's book, take a page out of someone's book, take a page out of someone's playbook
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verb adopt an idea
| Español | aprender de, seguir el ejemplo de |
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| Português | seguir o exemplo de |
| Français | prendre exemple, en prendre de la graine |
| Deutsch | eine Scheibe abschneiden |
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