take a leaf from (someone's) book

To do something in the way someone else would do it; to behave or act like someone else. I think I'm going to take a leaf from your book and start going for a run first thing in the morning. Our youngest son was always very placid as a baby, but now that he's getting older, he's begun taking a leaf from our older boy's book.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marinus	-	Ancient Roman, Dutch
Tomoko	to-mo-ko	Japanese
Antonij	-	Macedonian
Kaipo	-	Hawaiian
Refilwe	-	Southern African, Tswana
Kaja (2)	KIE-ah (Polish)	Polish, Slovene