extol (someone or something) as (something)

extol (someone or something) as (something)

To highlight and praise the positive aspects of someone or something by depicting it or them as having a certain quality or fulfilling a certain role. After he made that sizable donation, we extolled him as the savior of the program.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

extol someone or something as something

to praise someone or something as something. We extolled her as a heroine. The salesman extolled the medicine as a cure-all.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • extol
  • extol as
  • extoll
  • establish
  • establish (oneself, someone, or something) as (something)
  • establish as
  • treat (someone or something) like (someone or something else)
  • treat like
  • certain
  • be certain of (something)