crib from

crib (something) from (someone)

To copy something from someone; to plagiarize. I only got 100 on that test because I cribbed the answers from my neighbor—I hope no one finds out!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

crib something from someone or something

to cheat by copying something from someone or something. It appears that you cribbed this directly from the person sitting next to you.
See also: crib
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • crib (something) from (someone)
  • mouthpiece
  • hide (n)or hair
  • hide nor hair
  • hide or hair
  • lash (someone, something, or oneself) to (something)
  • lash to
  • unite with
  • unite with (someone or something)
  • make with the something
References in periodicals archive
Bednest have assured parents who bought the bedside crib from November 30, 2015, that their cribs are the new models which do not require modification.
The crib from Caloocan costing P2,000 has a yellow-coated ball with lead content reaching 7,871 parts per million, while the P1,000 crib from Manila registered 6,938 ppm.
SYMBOLS: Maureen Toolan with a crib from Iraq at Christ The King and Our Lady Church's Crib Festival.
The survey asked participants where their infant would have slept if they had not received the crib from the Cribs for Kids campaign, and more than one-third (38 percent) stated that the infant would have slept in an adult bed with the parents, one-quarter (25 percent) in a bassinet, and the remainder on the floor or in portable cribs or playpens.
"I asked if I could borrow a crib from Bielsko-Biala's collection for our exhibition and was delighted when I was told that a crib had been specially commissioned as a gift from the town's civic leaders," said Kim Strickson of Kirklees Community History Service.
The authors offer it as a "crib sheet" and it could still be useful to Anglicans -- just don't crib from it without additional verification.