Word.ws English Dictionary

having one's name written all over

having one's name written all over is the present participle and gerund of have one's name written all over.

Meaning of have one's name written all over

Verb

have one's name written all over (third-person singular simple present has one's name written all over, present participle having one's name written all over, simple past and past participle had one's name written all over)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, one's, name, written, all, over.
  2. (idiomatic) To be typical of a particular individual, particularly with respect to a crime or scheme.
    • The attempted hit on me today was personal, and it has Marisol's name written all over it.2010, Nisa Santiago, Return of the Cartier Cartel, volume 2, page 155

Questions about having one's name written all over

What is having one's name written all over the present participle and gerund of?
Having one's name written all over is the present participle and gerund of have one's name written all over.

Words near having one's name written all over in the dictionary

  1. having one's moments
  2. having one's moons
  3. having one's name in the Gazette
  4. having one's name on
  5. having one's name taken
  6. having one's name written all over
  7. having one's number on it
  8. having one's own zip code
  9. having one's pick
  10. having one's pockets on swole
  11. having one's shit together

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: having one's name written all over (page history and authors); have one's name written all over (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “having one's name written all over.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/having_one%27s_name_written_all_over. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.