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to one's name

to one's name prepositional phrase: belonging to one.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Belonging to one.
    • My uncle gambled away his fortune, and now he hardly has a penny to his name.
    • She calls herself a novelist, but she only has a few short stories to her name.

Questions about to one's name

What does to one's name mean?
To one's name means belonging to one.
What part of speech is to one's name?
To one's name is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to one's name in the dictionary

  1. to one's face
  2. to one's feet
  3. to one's heart's content
  4. to one's knowledge
  5. to one's mind
  6. to one's name
  7. to one's own cheek
  8. to one's rescue
  9. to one's way of thinking
  10. to oneself
  11. to order

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