to copy the behaviour, style, etc. of sb you like and respect in order to be like them :
As a politician, he modelled himself on Churchill.
to copy the behaviour, style, etc. of sb you like and respect in order to be like them :
As a politician, he modelled himself on Churchill.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005