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Phrase(s): look on someone as something
to view or think of someone as something. • I look on you as a very thoughtful person. • Mary looked on Jane as a good friend., Phrase(s): look (up)on someone or something as something
to view someone or something as something; to consider someone or something to be something. • I look upon Todd as a fine and helpful guy. • I look on these requests as an annoyance.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs