'V n from n' - Construction 13
| Name: | the copy an idea from someone construction |
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| Description: | A person takes ideas or text from a person or text. |
| Verbs: | copy, crib, cull, distil, excerpt |
| Example: | And you say that other countries copied these ideas from you? (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative 'from'; obtain |
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