take one's cue from en · VERB
Meanings
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To copy; to do something in the same way as.
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.
2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taking one's cue from | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| takes one's cue from | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| took one's cue from | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| taken one's cue from | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
de sich ein Beispiel an etwas nehmen (To copy; to do something in the same way as)