to give sb a name
1give a bad name — index defame, denigrate, pillory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Give it a Name — infobox music festival music festival name = Give it a Name location = London, England (2005 – present) Birmingham, England (2007 only) Glasgow, Scotland (2007 only) Manchester, England (2006 only), Sheffield, England (2008 only) Paris, France… …
3give a bad name — give (something) a bad name to cause a loss of respect for something. A few wild fans give soccer a bad name …
4give a bad name — give (something/someone) a bad name to cause people to lose respect for something or someone. A few badly behaved football fans give all football supporters a bad name …
5give one's name to — invent, discover, found, or be closely associated with something that then becomes known by one s name Lou Gehrig gave his name to the disease that claimed his life …
6give a bad name — verb To cause people to lose respect, reverence or esteem for something or someone …
7Name — (n[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Named} (n[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Naming}.] [AS. namian. See {Name}, n.] 1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call. [1913 Webster] She named the child Ichabod. 1… …
8name — name1 W1S1 [neım] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(of a person)¦ 2¦(of a thing or place)¦ 3¦(reputation)¦ 4¦(famous person/company/product)¦ 5 call somebody names 6 in somebody s name/in the name of somebody 7 something has somebody s name on it 8 in the name of… …
9name — namer, n. /naym/, n., v., named, naming, adj. n. 1. a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known. 2. mere designation, as distinguished from fact:… …
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;… …
