name (one) as

name (one) as

1. To choose, select, or appoint one to some role or position. The board of directors named Steve Bobs as the new CEO of the company. My lawyers advised me to name my son as the executor of my estate.
2. To assign one a particular descriptor or characterization. The village elders named the man as a traitor, banishing him to the wastelands forever. The new video debunks the entrepreneur's claims, naming her as a complete fraud.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

name someone as something

to select someone as something. The mayor named Karen as corporate council. The president named himself as chairman of the new committee.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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  • name as
  • be put out to grass
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  • a/the fish stinks from the head down
  • be in the right spot at the right time
  • start out at (something or some place)
  • start out at an amount of money
  • cook the books
  • cue
  • (right) on cue