fashion (something) on (something else)

fashion (something) on (something else)

To use something as the template or model for the way in which something else is created or developed. The mayor's ambitious social security plan is fashioned after a similar system already in place in Sweden. You can fashion your lesson plans after ones from previous teachers.
See also: fashion, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fashion something on something

to model something on something else; to pattern something after something else. She fashioned her dress on something she had seen in a history book. Donna fashioned the plan on the one Robert had used.
See also: fashion, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
  • a thing of the past
  • a slew of (something)
  • a bird in the hand