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Phrase(s): take one’s cue from someone
to use someone else’s behavior or reactions as a guide to one’s own. (From the theatrical cue as a signal to speak, etc.) • If you don’t know which spoons to use at the dinner, just take your cue from John. • The other children took their cue from Tommy and ignored the new boy.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs