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call someone everything but a child of God

call someone everything but a child of God verb: to call someone many abusive names.

Verb

call someone everything but a child of God (third-person singular simple present calls someone everything but a child of God, present participle calling someone everything but a child of God, simple past and past participle called someone everything but a child of God)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To call someone many abusive names.
    • That I have been called everything but a child of God; from witch to rebel to Jezebel and the list goes on God, and to make matters worse, I am a woman!2007, Elizabeth Derry, Lucifer Is Not Satan (book 1, page 161)
    • And her cursing was not helping the situation at all. Willie didn't think it was an image a lady should have. But she'd gotten it off her chest doing so. Sam had been called everything but a child of God in the process.2011, Grady Abrams, Conscience of the Company, page 100

Forms of call someone everything but a child of God

third-person singular presentcalls someone everything but a child of God
present participlecalling someone everything but a child of God
past participlecalled someone everything but a child of God
pastcalled someone everything but a child of God

Questions about call someone everything but a child of God

What does call someone everything but a child of God mean?
Call someone everything but a child of God means to call someone many abusive names.
What part of speech is call someone everything but a child of God?
Call someone everything but a child of God is a verb.
What is the past tense of call someone everything but a child of God?
The past tense of call someone everything but a child of God is called someone everything but a child of God.

Words near call someone everything but a child of God in the dictionary

  1. call sign
  2. call signs
  3. call site
  4. call sites
  5. call someone every name in the book
  6. call someone everything but a child of God
  7. call someone's bluff
  8. call someone's number
  9. call stack
  10. call stacks
  11. call the ball

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