take (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.

• a sight for sore eyes
• a significant other
• a sign of the times
• a sine qua non
• a sinking feeling
• a sinking ship
• a sin tax
• as it comes
• as it stands
• a sitting duck
• a skeleton in closet
• a skeleton in cupboard
• a skeleton in someone's closet
• a skeleton in the closet
• a skeleton in the cupboard
• a skeleton in your cupboard
• ask for
• ask for a rain check
• ask for it
• ask for something
• ask for the moon
• ask for trouble
• ask someone for a rain check
• a slap in the face
• a slap on the back