model yourself on

model yourself on
model yourself on (or chiefly US model yourself after)
: to try to be like and to behave like (someone you admire)

She models herself on the leaders that came before her.

Children often model themselves after their parents.

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Main Entry:model

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • model on — phrasal verb model on or model upon or model after [transitive] Word forms model on : present tense I/you/we/they model on he/she/it models on present participle modelling on past tense modelled on past participle modelled on a) model upon or… …   English dictionary

  • model upon — phrasal verb model on or model upon or model after [transitive] Word forms model on : present tense I/you/we/they model on he/she/it models on present participle modelling on past tense modelled on past participle modelled on a) model upon or… …   English dictionary

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