issue (something) as (something)

issue (something) as (something)

To release something to the public as some particular thing or in a certain format. The band had so much material that they ended up issuing it as a double-album.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

issue something as something

to release or send out something as something. They issued this month's magazine as a special double issue. The publisher issued this month's magazine as the very last one.
See also: issue
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • issue as
  • play first chair
  • commence
  • commence with
  • commence with (someone or something)
  • strike up the band
  • one-hit wonder
  • band together
  • a sledgehammer to crack a nut
  • take a sledgehammer to crack a nut