IDIOM

To follow the dictates of someone

To steal something valuable

To take him as a model

To conform to others standard

To make a rude gesture

To fight vigorously

To work hard

To surrender

To rouse one to do one's best

To discourage a person

To incite a person to fight

To ruin somebody

To blackmail and extract money

To offer bribe

To humiliate

To keep captive and demand concession

To fling ironical remarks

To try to do the impossible

To do something remarkable

To burn something to ashes