take a cue

idiom: take your cue (from somebody/something)
idiom: take a cue (from somebody/something)
to be strongly influenced by someone or something else
Ex: The national assembly takes its cue from the president and seldom challenges her policies.
Ex: His new tunes take their cues from the music of Africa and Cuba.

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