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!
See also: depict
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.
- 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