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
Arnatt['a:nət]
Maleko-Hawaiian
Ansobert-Ancient Germanic
ĐUrĐIcaJOOR-jee-tsahCroatian
EnokE-nok (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
ValerieVAL-ə-ree (English), VAH-le-ree (German)English, German, Czech