recommend as
recommend (someone or something) as (something)
To give someone or something a recommendation as being ideal in some particular role, function, or ability. I really recommend her as a psychiatrist—she helped me through a really tough period of my life. Would you recommend this hotel as a suitable place to bring kids? It was a bit uncouth of him to recommend himself as the best candidate for the position.
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recommend someone as something
to suggest someone as something. Could you recommend Frank as a good carpenter? I can recommend Jane Smith as a good artist.
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References in classic literature
These gentlemen seemed to take it for granted that no coloured man suitable for the position could be secured, and they were expecting the General to
recommend a white man for the place.
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