feature as

feature (one) as (something)

To give one a starring role in something, usually related to performing (such as a play, film, or band). Oh, the director didn't feature me as anything—I'm just a singer in the chorus. We're going to feature Lucy as Éponine in our upcoming performance of "Les Misérables."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

feature someone as something

 
1. to imagine someone to be something or a particular type of person. I really can't feature you as a ship's captain. Alice had always featured Fred as a fairly even-tempered person.
2. to give special prominence to someone in a particular part in a play, film, opera, etc. They featured Laura as the lead singer in the group. The director refused to feature Roger as a lead.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • feature (one) as (something)
  • perform (something) on (someone or something)
  • perform on
  • hang up (one's) hat
  • sound suspiciously like (something)
  • eat (someone's) dust
  • eat someone's dust
  • accept
  • accept (something) as (something)
  • accept as
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[F.sub.r], where [F.sub.i] denotes both the name of the feature as well as the domain of values that the feature can take.