identify as

identify as (someone or something)

To classify or label someone or oneself as something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "identify" and "as." The guy on the security camera isn't a criminal after all—someone in the next block identified him as one of their neighbors. If you don't identify yourself as a member of this community, I'm going to call the police! Growing up, I always thought I was straight, but now I identify as bisexual.
See also: identify
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

identify someone as someone

 
1. to determine that someone is a certain person. Can you identify Fred as the perpetrator? Fred was identified as the thief.
2. to reveal one's identity or name. Will you identify the man as Tom? The stranger identified himself as a meter reader from the gas company.
See also: identify
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • identify with
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • spiff up
  • spiffed up
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • attune to
References in periodicals archive
Or the use of hand-held X-ray fluorescence units can identify as much as 15 different metals in wood, including chromium, copper, arsenic and zinc (Blassino et al.
It is difficult for most people to understand that individuals exist who identify as men with vaginas and women with penises.
If the two transfers are separate, T may identify as many as six replacement properties (three for each exchange); if the transfers are part of a single exchange, T may identify only three properties.
1.1221-2(b) that the taxpayer failed to identify as such under Regs.
"If you understand why a chemical is toxic, you can start predicting what other chemicals might be toxic, better understand dose-response relationships, better identify a sensitive subpopulation.