represent oneself

"Do NOT identify oneself orally or in writing," it read, "as a part of the Republican party. It is more than OK to represent oneself as just a citizen."

The judge warned Atkins that, in his opinion, it was almost always unwise to represent oneself.

When did it become acceptable to represent oneself one way to primary voters and become another person in appealing to general election voters?

In these sorts of circumstances, judges must carefully balance the Sixth Amendment’s right to represent oneself with the guarantee of competent representation.

To represent oneself as a dressmaker—well, there was nothing very outrageous in that; it was unbecoming, but venial, to tell sundry fibs by way of supporting the assumed character—the Manual was equal to that; but the rest of the disclosure was the crux.