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.

Examples of take a/one's cue from in a Sentence

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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

Here, take a cue from London’s best with a pinstriped blazer that offers structure and polish. —Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025

That prompted Collin Morikawa to fire back at Glover, and went so far as to say the PGA Tour should take a cue from the way the women's tour is approaching the issue. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025

Gardeners can take a cue from nature and use winter as a time to plant seeds of a variety of annual and perennial flowers. —Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025