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calling someone every name in the book

calling someone every name in the book is the present participle of call someone every name in the book.

Meaning of call someone every name in the book

Verb

call 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)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To call someone many abusive names.

Questions about calling someone every name in the book

What is calling someone every name in the book the present participle of?
Calling someone every name in the book is the present participle of call someone every name in the book.

Words near calling someone every name in the book in the dictionary

  1. calling over
  2. calling parties
  3. calling party
  4. calling roll
  5. calling round
  6. calling someone every name in the book
  7. calling someone everything but a child of God
  8. calling someone's bluff
  9. calling someone's number
  10. calling station
  11. calling stations

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