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Phrase(s): portray someone or something as someone
to develop a character that one is playing in a dramatic production as a kind of person or someone having certain characteristics or a particular personality. • Tom portrayed Scrooge as an evil old man. • Randy hopes to portray his character as a sympathetic friend., Phrase(s): portray someone as someone or something
to represent or describe someone as someone or a type of person. • Fred portrayed his political opponent as an evil man. • She tried to portray herself as a grand lady, but she fooled no one.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs