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call outta one's name

call outta one's name is the alternative form of call out of one's name.

Meaning of call out of one's name

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
  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

Forms of call outta one's name

third-person singular presentcalls outta one's name
present participlecalling outta one's name
past participlecalled outta one's name
pastcalled outta one's name

Questions about call outta one's name

What is call outta one's name the alternative form of?
Call outta one's name is the alternative form of call out of one's name.

Words near call outta one's name in the dictionary

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

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