name for oneself
1make a name for oneself — or make one s name To become famous • • • Main Entry: ↑name * * * become well known by the time he was thirty five, he had made a name for himself as a contractor …
2make a name for oneself — {v. phr.} To become recognized in a field of endeavor; become a celebrity. * /Joe has worked so hard at soybean trading that he made quite a name for himself as a trader./ * /Bill has made a name for himself both as a pianist and as a composer./ …
3make a name for oneself — {v. phr.} To become recognized in a field of endeavor; become a celebrity. * /Joe has worked so hard at soybean trading that he made quite a name for himself as a trader./ * /Bill has made a name for himself both as a pianist and as a composer./ …
4make\ a\ name\ for\ oneself — v. phr. To become recognized in a field of endeavor; become a celebrity. Joe has worked so hard at soybean trading that he made quite a name for himself as a trader. Bill has made a name for himself both as a pianist and as a composer …
5make a name for oneself — become well known or famous He has made a name for himself in the field of computers …
6name (for oneself), get a — Acquire a reputation (usu. bad) …
7make a name for oneself — become famous. → name …
8make a name for oneself — verb to gain fame …
9win a name for oneself — make himself a reputation, make himself famous …
10name — I n. appellation 1) to adopt, assume; bear; use a name 2) to give smb. a name 3) to call smb. a (bad) name 4) to immortalize smb. s name 5) to invoke God s name 6) an assumed; Christian (esp. BE), first, given; code; dirty; family name, surname;… …
