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.
See also: extol
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- 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)