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"To adopt an idea or practice of another person."
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"word": "take a page out of someone's book"
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"word": "rip a page out of someone's book"
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"word": "take a page out of someone's playbook"
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"sense": "adopt an idea",
"word": "ottaa mallia"
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"word": "ottaa esimerkkiä"
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"sense": "adopt an idea",
"word": "ottaa mallia"
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"sense": "adopt an idea",
"word": "ottaa esimerkkiä"
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"sense": "adopt an idea",
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"sense": "adopt an idea",
"word": "en prendre de la graine"
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"sense": "adopt an idea",
"word": "sich von jemandem eine Scheibe abschneiden können"
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"sense": "adopt an idea",
"tags": [
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"word": "wziąć przykład"
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"sense": "adopt an idea",
"word": "seguir o exemplo de"
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"word": "take a leaf out of someone's book"
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