visualize (someone or something) as (something)
visualize (someone or something) as (something)
To create an image in one's mind of someone or something being a particular thing or looking a certain way. I can't help but laugh visualizing my brother the hippie as some straight-laced police officer. Growing up, whenever my mom talked about my cousin being in the Navy Seals, I always visualized him as a literal seal wearing a military uniform.
See also: visualize
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
visualize someone or something as someone or something
to imagine or envision someone as someone or something or something as something. I can almost visualize you as the president. I visualize this room as a meeting place for everyone.
See also: visualize
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- visualize
- visualize as
- chortle
- laugh until you cry
- split a gut
- split a/(one's) gut
- raise a laugh
- raise a laugh/smile
- get in bad
- get in bad with