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takes one's cue from

takes one's cue from is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's cue from.

Meaning of take one's cue from

Verb

take one's cue from (third-person singular simple present takes one's cue from, present participle taking one's cue from, simple past took one's cue from, past participle taken one's cue from)

  1. 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

Questions about takes one's cue from

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Takes one's cue from is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's cue from.

Words near takes one's cue from in the dictionary

  1. takes one up
  2. takes one's ball and goes home
  3. takes one's business elsewhere
  4. takes one's chance
  5. takes one's courage in both hands
  6. takes one's cue from
  7. takes one's custom elsewhere
  8. takes one's ease
  9. takes one's eye off the ball
  10. takes one's eyes off
  11. takes one's eyes off the ball

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