take a leaf out of someone's book (English, verb)
expansion: take a leaf out of someone's book (third-person singular simple present takes a leaf out of someone's book, present participle taking a leaf out of someone's book, simple past took a leaf out of someone's book, past participle taken a leaf out of someone's book)
Senses:
glosses: To adopt an idea or practice of another person.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: takes a leaf out of someone's book
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking a leaf out of someone's book
tags: participle
present
form: took a leaf out of someone's book
tags: past
form: taken a leaf out of someone's book
tags: participle
past