Definition of groom someone

groom

verb - transitive

• to prepare a person to take on new responsibilities.

  Management is grooming him to be the new director.

  Last edited on Mar 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 29 2013.

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