take one's cue from
English
Verb
take one's cue from (third-person singular simple present takes one's cue from, present participle taking one's cue from, simple past took one's cue from, past participle taken one's cue from)
- To copy; to do something in the same way as.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- She yanked her head over her shoulder and, taking her cue from the rat in the laboratory, she sank her teeth into Burt’s arm as hard as she could.
Translations
To copy; to do something in the same way as
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