envision as else

envision someone as someone else

 and envision something as something else
to imagine or fantasize someone as someone else; to imagine or fantasize something as something else. I envision her as the next company president. We envisioned this as larger than it turned out to be.
See also: else, envision
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • dream of (someone or something)
  • dream of doing
  • feature in
  • envision
  • envision (someone or something) as (someone or something else)
  • dreamt
  • dream about
  • dream about (someone or something)
  • imagine as