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name-drop

[ neym-drop ]

verb (used without object)

name-dropped, name-dropping.
  1. to indulge in name-dropping.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of name-drop1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

Of course, being a journalist, Avlon couldn’t help but name-drop other journalists he’d been reading.

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This special is a more modest effort, and her personal anecdotes can’t help but name-drop now that she’s better known.

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The track, featuring Playboi Carti and Rich the Kid, has garnered attention for its provocative Taylor Swift name-drop.

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That final name-drop — of a maverick American composer — is another useful reference point.

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That’s the career advice a friend — a celebrity whom he doesn’t want to name-drop — gave him over dinner back in 1978.

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