spot as
spot (someone or something) as (something)
To identify or recognize someone or something as being a particular type of person or thing. Is there anyone you've spotted as a potential candidate for the job? I spotted this as a potential problem weeks ago, but the bosses wouldn't listen to me at the time.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
spot someone as something
to recognize someone to be something; to realize that someone is something. I spotted you as a troublemaker from the very beginning. The guard spotted Max as a potential thief the moment he saw him.
See also: spot
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- spot (someone or something) as (something)
- know one for what one is
- know (someone or something) for what (they or it) is
- know (someone or something) to be (something)
- know as
- know (someone or something) as (something)
- identify
- identify (someone or something) by (something)
- identify by
- fleck