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Phrase(s): qualify as something
to fulfill the requirements to be something. • Tom qualified as a mechanic. • I have been qualified as a mechanic since I was twenty., Phrase(s): qualify someone as something
to cause someone to fulfill the requirements for something. • Does this course qualify me as a stockbroker? • She qualified herself as a realtor.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs