call someone every name in the book

verb

To call someone many abusive names.

Similar
call someone everything but a child of God
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Meanings

verbcall someone every name in the book (third-person singular simple present calls someone every name in the book, present participle calling someone every name in the book, simple past and past participle called someone every name in the book)

present singular third person calls someone every name in the book · participle present calling someone every name in the book · participle past called someone every name in the book · past called someone every name in the book

  1. idiomaticinformalTo call someone many abusive names.

    Synonyms: call someone everything but a child of God

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo call someone many abusive names.

Similar
call someone everything but a child of God

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 破口大罵 /破口大骂
  • 破口大罵 /破口大骂 (pòkǒudàmà)to call someone many abusive names
Finnish solvata kaikin mahdollisin tavoin
  • solvata kaikin mahdollisin tavointo call someone many abusive names
French traiter de tous les noms
  • traiter de tous les nomsto call someone many abusive names
Polish wyzywać od najgorszych, wyzwać od najgorszych
  • wyzywać od najgorszychto call someone many abusive names
  • wyzwać od najgorszychto call someone many abusive names
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APA

call someone every name in the book. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20someone%20every%20name%20in%20the%20book

MLA

“call someone every name in the book.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20someone%20every%20name%20in%20the%20book. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call someone every name in the book,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20someone%20every%20name%20in%20the%20book.

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