recognize as
recognize (someone or something) as (someone or something)
1. To remember or identify someone or something as being a certain person or thing one has previously perceived. I recognized her as the woman who had processed my claim in the bank. I didn't recognize it as anything I'd heard before.
2. To show acceptance or acknowledgement of someone or something as having a particular role, status, or position. The government still refuses to recognize the region as a separate, independent region. We will never recognize you as our leader.
See also: recognize
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
recognize someone as someone or something
to accept and acknowledge someone to be someone; to accept and acknowledge something to be something. Mary didn't recognize the lawyer as her legal representative. Lizzy didn't recognize the car as her car.
See also: recognize
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- recognize (someone or something) as (someone or something)
- know where (one) is with (someone or something)
- know where you are with
- know where you are/stand
- bad news
- there is more to (someone or something) than meets the eye
- there's more to somebody/something than meets the eye
- there's more to someone or something than meets the eye
- there's more to something/someone than meets the eye
- know where stands