take a leaf out of sb's book
to copy something that someone else does because it will bring you advantages:
Maybe I should take a leaf out of Rick's book and start coming in early every morning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Copying and copies
- ape
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
- co-opt
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- impersonate
- leaf
- lift
- pirate
- plagiarize
- recreate
- reinvent
- replica
- reproduce
- reproduction
- simulation
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