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take a page from (someone's) book

To do something in the way someone else would do it; to behave or act like someone else. I think I'm going to take a page from your book and start going for a run first thing in the morning. Our youngest son was always very placid as a baby, but now that he's getting older, he's begun taking a page from our older boy's book.

take a page out of (someone's) book

To do something in the way someone else would do it; to behave or act like someone else. I think I'm going to take a page out of your book and start going for a run first thing in the morning. Our youngest son was always very placid as a baby, but now that he's getting older, he's begun taking a page out of our older boy's book.

read from the same page

and sing from the same hymnbook

Cliché share the same understanding of something. Okay, I think we are reading from the same page now. We can discuss the future of this project more productively.

take a leaf out of someone's book

and take a page from someone's book

Fig. to behave or to do something in a way that someone else would. When you act like that, you're taking a leaf out of your sister's book, and I don't like it! You had better do it your way. Don't take a leaf out of my book. I don't do it well.

take a leaf out of somebody's book

to copy something that someone else has done I should take a leaf out of Robert's book and start coming in at ten every morning – maybe then the boss will notice me!

on the same page

thinking in a similar way Louisa said she called the meeting to make sure everybody's on the same page.

Usage notes: usually said about efforts made to solve a problem

Related vocabulary: on the same wavelength

turn the page

to stop thinking about or dealing with something When a patient dies, a doctor just has to turn the page and concentrate on the next patient.

Related vocabulary: turn over a new leaf

take a leaf out of somebody's book

to copy something that someone else does because it will bring you advantages Maybe I should take a leaf out of Robert's book and start coming in at ten every morning.

See shake like a leaf

turn the page

to begin to behave in a more positive way after a period of difficulties It's time to put this tragedy to rest and turn the page to a new and happier chapter of our lives.

page through

To go through some reading material quickly or superficially, turning from page to page, as in searching or browsing: I paged through the magazine to see if there were any interesting articles in it. You'll find some interesting things on that website if you page through it for a while.

on the same page

mod. have the same understanding or amount of knowledge. (As if people were reading from the same page.) We’re not on the same page. Listen carefully to what I am telling you.

See you in the funny pages

and SYITFP

sent. & comp. abb. I will see you around. (see also See you in church.) Bye, Tom. SYITFP.

take a page from someone’s book

tv. to copy or emulate. I took a page from Edison’s book and began inventing useful little things.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
DÉLia	-	Portuguese, French, Hungarian
Aten	AH-tən (English)	Egyptian Mythology
Baxter	['bækstə]
BratumiŁ	brah-TUW-meew	Polish (Rare)
Milivoj	MEE-lee-voi (Croatian, Serbian)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Arnie	AHR-nee	English