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
SivSEEVSwedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Alexusə-LEK-səsEnglish (Modern)
Jamyang-Tibetan, Bhutanese
Garaile-Basque
ErikE-rik (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German), E-reek (Finnish), AY-rik (Dutch), ER-ik (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Eng
Alidaah-LEE-dah (German)Dutch, German, Hungarian