conceive of (someone or something)
conceive of (someone or something)
To think of someone or something, often in a particular way. Considering her lack of patience, I have a really hard time conceiving of her as a kindergarten teacher. Leave it to Ben to conceive of a totally ridiculous plan.
See also: conceive, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
conceive of someone or something
to think of or invent the notion of someone or something. Who on earth ever conceived of doing this? Edison conceived of many very useful things that we now use every day.
See also: conceive, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- conceive
- conceive of
- conceive of (someone or something) as (someone or something)
- conceive of as
- easy touch
- an easy touch
- a soft touch
- a soft/an easy touch
- soft touch
- soft touch, a