Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

borrowed a leaf out of someone's book

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
bor-rowed a leaf out of -some-one's -book
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does borrowed a leaf out of someone's book mean?
simple past and past participle of borrow a leaf out of someone's book

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