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call names

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call someone names
to call someone by an abusive or insulting name. Billy cried when the other kids called him names. John was punished for calling his teacher names.
See also: call, name
call somebody names
to use impolite or unpleasant words to describe someone I was afraid that if I wore glasses to school, the other kids would call me names. It's a good thing he didn't hear me earlier - I was calling him all the names under the sun. (= using a lot of impolite words to describe him)
See also: call, name
call somebody names
to use rude or insulting words to describe someone He was calling me names because he disagreed with something I'd written.
See also: call, name
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The jolly old grandfather unto this, retorts, not only that he declines to fork out with that cheerful readiness which is always so agreeable and pleasant in a gentleman of his time of life, but that he will bow up, and call names, and make reflections whenever they meet.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
But now Marija was able to call names in English, and so she got the woman who made the mistake to disliking her.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
"Don't call names," Dobbin said, getting off the bench very nervous.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
 
 
 
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