NAME NAMES Definition & Meaning

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Specify persons by name, especially those who are accused of something. For example, More than one person was involved in the robbery, and his lawyer said he would get a shorter sentence if he named names . It is also put negatively, name no names , as in Some of our neighbors disobey the town's leash law, but I'm naming no names . The negative form was first recorded in 1792.

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“We’d like to see the commissioner use the ‘bully pulpit’ to name names of insurers that are reducing obstacles and delays by relaxing paperwork requirements — as well as those that are not,” she said.

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“When you make a documentary it is inevitable to name names, it is inevitable to make accusations,” says Rondero.

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He also said that he hopes the inquiry's chair, Sir Wyn Williams, would "name names in this one".

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“You kind of want to name names now?”

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Lukather doesn’t name names in regards to this almost-litigation.

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