take a page from (someone's) book



take a page 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 page 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 page from our older boy's book.
See also: book, page, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eirlys-Welsh
Ignazio-Italian
Ballinger['bælindʒə]
ŽIga-Slovene
Estelle[es'tel]
Michalinamee-khah-LEE-nahPolish