IDIOM

To follow the dictates of someone

To take him as a model

To steal something valuable

To conform to others standard

To fight vigorously

To surrender

To make a rude gesture

To work hard

To ruin somebody

To incite a person to fight

To discourage a person

To rouse one to do one's best

To blackmail and extract money

To keep captive and demand concession

To humiliate

To offer bribe

To do something remarkable

To try to do the impossible

To burn something to ashes

To fling ironical remarks