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model on

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model someone on someone

 and model something on something

to use something as a pattern for something; to use someone as a pattern for someone. I will model my house on the house we saw in the Mediterranean. She tried to model herself on her mother.

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model on

v.

To form, develop, or found something on the basis of something else: The architect modeled the plans for the new school on a beautiful old building.

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