depict (one) as (something)

depict (one) as (something)

To portray someone or something in a particular way. I'm worried that this biopic will depict me as a total diva. Don't depict me as a controlling mother when that's simply not true!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

depict someone as something

to show someone as something; to make someone appear to be something. He did report the fire, but it is going too far to depict him as a hero. The artist depicted himself as a much younger man than he really was.
See also: depict
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • depict
  • depict as
  • represent (someone or something) as (something)
  • represent as
  • portray
  • portray (someone or something) as (something)
  • portray as
  • illustrate
  • illustrate (something) with (something)
  • illustrate with