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call out of one's name

call out of one's name verb: to call someone by a name other than their actual name; to misname.

Verb

call out of one's name (third-person singular simple present calls out of one's name, present participle calling out of one's name, simple past and past participle called out of one's name)

  1. (now chiefly African-American Vernacular, formerly more widespread) To call someone by a name other than their actual name; to misname.
    • ‘Mrs. Pettican,’ she said to me, which I call it better manners than callin’ you Cook as they mostly do, as though they paid your wages for the right of callin’ you out of your name-1930, Dorothy Sayers, Strong Poison
    • Every person I knew had a hellish horror of being “called out of his name.”2012, Maya Angelou, The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
  2. (now chiefly African-American Vernacular, formerly more widespread) To swear at (someone); to curse out.
    • 'Get out of my house, you wh—e!' to which she added another name, which we do not care to stain our paper with: it was a monosyllable beginning with a b—[. ... Betty replied] 'I am a woman as well as yourself,' she roared out, 'and no she-dog; and if I have been a little naughty, I am not the...1832, Henry Fielding, The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, page 66
    • He was the same man that called her out of her name.2006, Tamika Bafo, The Story of Lucifer's Daughter, page 15

Forms of call out of one's name

third-person singular presentcalls out of one's name
present participlecalling out of one's name
past participlecalled out of one's name
pastcalled out of one's name
alternative formcall outta one's name
alternative formcall someone out of their name
alternative formcall someone outside of their name
alternative formcall someone outside their name

Questions about call out of one's name

What does call out of one's name mean?
Call out of one's name means to call someone by a name other than their actual name; to misname.
What part of speech is call out of one's name?
Call out of one's name is a verb.
What is the past tense of call out of one's name?
The past tense of call out of one's name is called out of one's name.

Words near call out of one's name in the dictionary

  1. call option
  2. call options
  3. call originator
  4. call originators
  5. call out
  6. call out of one's name
  7. call out sick
  8. call outta one's name
  9. call over
  10. call point
  11. call premium

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