Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take one's cue from

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: take one's cue from
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To copy; to do something in the same way as.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

takes one's cue from (present, singular) taking one's cue from (participle, present) took one's cue from (past) taken one's cue from (participle, past)

Questions

What does take one's cue from mean?: To copy; to do something in the same way as.

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