recommend (someone or something) as (something)
recommend (someone or something) as (something)
To give someone or something a recommendation as being ideal in some particular role, function, or ability. I really recommend her as a psychiatrist—she helped me through a really tough period of my life. Would you recommend this hotel as a suitable place to bring kids? It was a bit uncouth of him to recommend himself as the best candidate for the position.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
recommend someone as something
to suggest someone as something. Could you recommend Frank as a good carpenter? I can recommend Jane Smith as a good artist.
See also: recommend
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- recommend as
- recommend
- recommend (someone or something) for (something)
- recommend for
- charge (something) for (something)
- charge for
- tout (someone or something) as
- tout as
- pill-pusher
- pill-roller