hail (someone) as (something)

hail (someone) as (something)

To laud or compliment someone for being something. I would definitely hail Jenny as a leader in our department, especially after seeing how she handled that emergency situation. Thanks to all this publicity, Wall Street investors are finally hailing up our company as the next big thing! I can't believe I'm being hailed as a hero. I got a cat out of a tree—any firefighter would have done the same thing.

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hail someone as something

to praise someone for being something. The active members hailed him as fraternity brother of the year. Sally was hailed as an effective leader.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hail as

v.

To praise someone for being something: The veterans were hailed as heroes when they marched in the parade.

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