present participle of rip a page out of someone's playbook

(transitive, intransitive, computing) To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.

(informal) To take suitable actions, or exert suitable influence on people, to achieve some desired result.

Of or pertaining to the novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) or his writings, noted for their bleak outlook and minimalism.