take a page out of (someone's) book



take a page out of (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 out of 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 out of our older boy's book.
See also: book, of, out, page, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anath (2)-Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Laurits-Danish, Norwegian
Applegate['æplga:θ]
MalinMAH-lin (Swedish, Norwegian), MAH-leen (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Gunn-Norwegian
ReddREDEnglish (Rare)