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pattern on

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pattern something on something
to use something as a model for something else. Try to pattern your sales speech on Jane's. She's got it just right. We patterned our approach on Bob's.
See also: pattern


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Red mittens with a black diamond pattern on the back are much run after.
She was idly arranging her little morsels of ham in a pattern on her plate.
said the Queen, pointing to the three gardeners who were lying round the rosetree; for, you see, as they were lying on their faces, and the pattern on their backs was the same as the rest of the pack, she could not tell whether they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of her own children.
 
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