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
Catherina	[.kæθə'ri:nə]
Sameera (2)	-	Indian, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi
Ayling	['eiliŋ]
Adelyn	AD-ə-lin	English (Modern)
Jarek	YAH-rek (Polish)	Polish, Czech
Nachum	-	Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew