to (one's) name Idiom, Proverb

a household name

"a name everyone knows; name of a famous person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.

drop a name/drop names

pretend you know famous people, name dropper He was dropping names at the interview - Klein, Clinton etc.

household name

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in heaven's name

if we think of heaven, for heaven's sake Why in heaven's name did we come to Canada? It's cold here!

it has your name on it

we saved this one for you, it is yours There's a steak on the grill, and it has your name on it.

make a name for oneself

become well-known or famous He has made a name for himself in the field of computers.

make a name for yourself

become well known, become famous Martin Luther King made a name for himself - and for freedom!

name dropper

one who implies famous people are his friends What a name dropper! He spoke of Gordon Lightfoot as his friend.

name is cleared

name is not involved in a scandal or a crime The lawyer thinks I should leave town until my name is cleared.

name is mud

name is bad, name is not respected If you don't pay for the support of your child, your name is mud.

to (one's) name

In one's possession; endemic by one. By the time I was out of college, the alone things to my name were the clothes on my aback and the aged old car I had bought in aerial school. When I stepped off the baiter I didn't accept a penny to my name, but the approaching advanced of me acquainted bright. They acclimated to be so able-bodied off, but back the abridgement comatose and their business closed, it larboard them with actual little to their name.Learn more: name

to one's name

Owned by one, as in He has not got a nickel to his name, or She has alone one brace of shoes to her name. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1876. Learn more: name

to (one's) name

Belonging to one: I don't accept a hat to my name.Learn more: name

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