train as (something)
train as (something)
1. To become educated in order to work in a certain professional role. I originally trained as a doctor, but I ended up teaching English in Japan. My brother has been training as a financial analyst.
2. To educate, coach, or prepare someone or an animal to work in some specific role. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "train" and "as." We'd like to start training you as our new sales manager. These puppies are being trained as a guide dogs, so please don't pet them or feed them anything.
See also: train
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
train (someone or an animal) as something
to educate someone or an animal to serve in a particular way. We trained him as a first-rate mechanic. I trained my cocker spaniel as a moderately effective watchdog.
See also: train
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- train as
- the King's English
- the King's/Queen's English
- for all
- for all (one's) (something)
- for all...
- chalk and talk
- Queen's English
- the Queen's English
- yuppie