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
Reuben['ru:bən]
SÁRika-Hungarian
DionDEE-ahn (English), dee-AHN (English)Ancient Greek, English
Antoniaahn-TO-nyah (Italian, Spanish), an-TON-ee-ə (English), ahn-TO-nee-ah (German, Dutch), ahn-TAWN-yah (Polish)Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Roma
Theodoricthee-AHD-ə-rik (English)History
Hasim-Arabic