Idiom take your cue fromtake (your )cue from (someone/something) to be strongly influenced by someone or something else.The national assembly takes its cue from the president and seldom challenges her policies.His new tunes take their cues from the music of Africa and Cuba.
idiomtake your cue fromto copy what someone does:Taking its cue from the airline industry, the company announced that it would ban smoking on its buses.This season's makeup takes its cue from the pale colours in the spring fashion collections.
take a/(one's) cue from (someone or something)To model one's actions based on the example or influence of someone or something else. The director definitely took a cue from his favorite film when framing that scene. Take a cue from your kids and learn how to enjoy the little things. take your cue from follow the example or advice of. Cue in both of these idioms is used in the theatrical sense of ‘the word or words that signal when another actor should speak or perform a particular action’. |