"take a page out of someone's book" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes a page out of someone's book [present, singular, third-person], taking a page out of someone's book [participle, present], took a page out of someone's book [past], taken a page out of someone's book [participle, past]
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  1. Alternative form of take a leaf out of someone's book Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: take a leaf out of someone's book
    Sense id: en-take_a_page_out_of_someone's_book-en-verb-M5LNgdi1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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