extol (someone or something) as (something)

extol (someone or something) as (something)

To highlight and praise the positive aspects of someone or something by depicting it or them as having a certain quality or fulfilling a certain role. After he made that sizable donation, we extolled him as the savior of the program. Of course she extols Sam as the greatest person to ever live—she has a massive crush on him! I felt a bit uncomfortable when the moderator extolled me as the "voice of a generation."

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extol someone or something as something

to praise someone or something as something. We extolled her as a heroine. The salesman extolled the medicine as a cure-all.

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