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calls out of one's name

calls out of one's name is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about calls out of one's name

What is calls out of one's name the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls out of one's name is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call out of one's name.

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

  1. calls off
  2. calls off the dogs
  3. calls on the carpet
  4. calls onto the carpet
  5. calls out
  6. calls out of one's name
  7. calls out sick
  8. calls outta one's name
  9. calls over
  10. calls roll
  11. calls round

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