name
call someone names insult someone verbally.
drop names refer frequently to well-known people in such a way as to imply that they are close acquaintances.
give a dog a bad name: seedog.
give your name to invent, discover, or found something which then becomes known by your name.
have to your name have in your possession.
have your name in lights
1 (of an actor or performer) have their name displayed in lights outside a theatre, concert hall, etc.
2 be famous.
have your name on it be destined or particularly suited to you.
2006Sunday Times One round went through my already shattered rear window; another whistled past my head. But … neither bullet had my name on it and I managed to get away.
in all but name existing in a particular state but not formally recognized as such.
2014Daily Telegraph A long-awaited report … in November concluded that while the Church should not marry same-sex couples, it should offer special services likely to amount to weddings in all but name.
in name only by description but not in reality.
2014Washington Post RINO (Republican in name only) watchers will say he hasn't rolled back gun-control laws, but New Jersey is so anti-gun that any such attempt would only destroy his political capital.
lend your name to something: seelend.
make a name for yourself become famous.
name and shame identify wrongdoers by name with the intention of embarrassing them into improving their behaviour.
2004Helena KennedyJust Law The case … raised fundamental questions not just about the stigmatisation of those named and shamed, but also about the purpose of the judicial process.
name names mention specific names, especially of people involved in something wrong or illegal.
2000Times A telephone hotline will … enable the public to name names in the fight against counterfeiters.
name no names refrain from mentioning the names of people involved in an incident.
the name of the game the main purpose or most important aspect of a situation. informal
a name to conjure with: seeconjure.
no names, no pack drill punishment or blame cannot be meted out if names and details are not mentioned.
☞ Pack drill is a form of military punishment in which an offender has to perform parade-ground exercises while carrying a heavy pack. This early 20th-century expression is often used as an aside to recommend reticence about a particular subject.
put a name to know or manage to remember what someone or something is called.
someone's name is mud: seemud.
something has your name on it you are destined or particularly suited to receive or experience a specified thing.
take someone's name in vain: seevain.
to name (but) a few giving only these as examples, even though more could be cited.
1996Mail on Sunday A choice of sundried tomato bread, honey and walnut knots, dill and sesame knots, peppercorn rolls and croissants to name but a few.
what's in a name? names are arbitrary labels.
☞ This phrase comes from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: 'What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet'.
you name it whatever you can think of (used to express the extent or variety of something). informal
2013Mac Observer It's a crowd sourced stuff discovery service where people point Uncrate to all manner of-well-stuff. Cars, food, clothes, toys, you name it.