treat as
treat (someone or something) as (someone or something else)
To consider, regard, or deal with someone or something as if they or it were a certain type of person or thing. I decided to leave the job—I'd had enough of being treated as an amateur by my boss. We've got to treat threats like these as credible until we have proof otherwise.
See also: something, treat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
treat someone or something as something
to deal with someone or something as something. Please don't treat me as a guest. You treat the editorial board as a needless barrier.
See also: treat
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
treat as
v.
To regard and handle someone or something in some way: The king had received warnings of an uprising, but treated them as a joke. I refuse to be treated as a second-class citizen.
See also: treat
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- give (a) preference to (someone or something)
- perceive
- perceive (someone or something) as (something)
- perceive as
- for the sake of
- for the sake of (someone or something)
- for the sake of somebody/something
- great white hope
- have (got) (one) pegged as (something)
- have someone pegged