Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking a leaf out of someone's book

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing a leaf out of -some-one's -book
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take a leaf out of someone's book

Questions

What does taking a leaf out of someone's book mean?
present participle and gerund of take a leaf out of someone's book

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