groom as

groom someone as something

to prepare someone for a job or position. He was grooming his son as his successor. They groomed Charles as the next treasurer.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sung-Jin	sung-jeen	Korean
&Aelig;Lfstan	-	Anglo-Saxon
Porfirio	-	Italian, Spanish
BÉAtrice	-	French
Alkmene	-	Greek Mythology
Mirek	MEE-rek (Polish)	Czech, Slovak, Polish