hold sth up as sth
also hold up sth as sth— phrasal verb with hold uk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/verb held, held
to use someone or something as an example of something, especially something very good:
Sweden is often held up as an example of a successful social democracy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetype
- be sb all over idiom
- betoken
- by way of idiom
- genre
- hold
- mark
- Mr
- Mrs
- quintessential
- representative
- resemble
- stand
- true
- trust
- trust sb (to do sth)! idiom
- typical
- typically
- typify
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