identify someone or something with someone or something

identify someone or something with someone or something
identify someone or something with someone or something
to associate people and things, in any combination. •

I tend to identify Wally with big cars.

We usually identify green with grass.

We tend to identify big cars with greedy people.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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