take a/one's cue from
idiom
: to do what is done or suggested by (someone or something)
Take a cue from the experts and get your taxes done early this year.
We should take our cue from their example.
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To get ahead of these stubborn weeds, take a cue from the kid inside of you and focus on the seeds.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
Here’s a radical thought: Maybe their ruthlessly materialistic older brother, Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger), will take a cue from Piper and embrace a new way to live.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
For a touch of extra glam, take a cue from Laura Harrier and part to the side rather than down the middle.
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—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2025
Details of the ceremony remain under wraps, but there's a good chance that event organizers will take a cue from the recent Grammy Awards, which tastefully and appropriately made heroic firefighters and fundraising a focus after wildfires wreaked havoc across Southern California last month.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
Here’s a radical thought: Maybe their ruthlessly materialistic older brother, Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger), will take a cue from Piper and embrace a new way to live.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
For a touch of extra glam, take a cue from Laura Harrier and part to the side rather than down the middle.
20.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2025
Details of the ceremony remain under wraps, but there's a good chance that event organizers will take a cue from the recent Grammy Awards, which tastefully and appropriately made heroic firefighters and fundraising a focus after wildfires wreaked havoc across Southern California last month.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
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