groom

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.

groom someone for something

to prepare someone for something; to prepare someone to be someone. The boss is grooming his son for the presidency of the company. They are grooming the vice president for the top position.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Veronika	vye-rah-NEE-kah (Russian), vee-rah-NEE-kah (Russian), ve-RO-nee-kah (German, Croatian)	Russian, Czech, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Swedish, Norweg
Shobha	-	Indian, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi
Ally (1)	AL-ee	English
Rameshvara	-	Hinduism
Naamah	NAY-ə-mə (English), nah-ah-MAH (Jewish)	Biblical, Hebrew
Zehra	-	Turkish