Take a page out of one's book American British Verb + object/complement
To immitate someone and behave in the way someone else would do
She usually wears clothes like I do. She's taking a page out of my book.
He took a page out of my book. His idea is exactly like mine.
Linda is really into Audrey Hepburn, so she takes a page out of Audrey Hepburn's book.
Despite having many copy versions of something, the original is the best.
To immitate someone and behave in the way someone else would do
Used to describe the imitation of others' manner or the following of others' guidance.
The verb "take" should be conjugated according to its tense.
To overcome some disadvantage or get out of a bad situation when you have already lost a lot of time for it
We love Tim but we all think that it's impossible he can make up leeway and win first place in the race.