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                           Phrase(s): use someone or something as something  to make someone or something function as something. (See also use someone or something as an excuse.)  •  You have used me as your tool!  •  I don’t like your using my car as your private taxi.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs