feature someone as something

feature someone as something
feature someone as something
1. to imagine someone to be something or a particular type of person. •

I really can't feature you as a ship's captain.

Alice had always featured Fred as a fairly even-tempered person.

2. to give special prominence to someone in a particular part in a play, film, opera, etc. •

They featured Laura as the lead singer in the group.

The director refused to feature Roger as a lead.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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