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taking one's cue from

taking one's cue from is the present participle and gerund 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 taking one's cue from

What is taking one's cue from the present participle and gerund of?
Taking one's cue from is the present participle and gerund of take one's cue from.

Words near taking one's cue from in the dictionary

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

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