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Phrase(s): cast someone as something
1. Lit. to choose someone to play a particular role in a play, opera, film, etc. • The director cast her as the young singer. • They cast me as a villain. 2. Fig. to decide or fantasize that someone is going to follow a particular pattern of behavior in real life. • I’m afraid my teachers cast me as a dummy when I was very young. • They cast me as someone who would not succeed.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs