Sekirov Dictionary

take a leaf out of someone's book

verb1

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To adopt an idea or practice of another person.
- Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end. — 1927

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