name names
idiom
: to say the names of people who are involved in something
He said he knew who did it, but he wouldn't name names.
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Dunn won't name names, but Edgar and his mother, Cindy Hogan, have insinuated that someone else killed Livye: Montana Bockel.
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Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Buffett didn’t name names but seemed to touch on the political and cultural tumult of the moment in several sections of his 13-page letter.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
Though Behar didn't name names, former View cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck recently publicly criticized her ex-colleague following Behar's observations about Carrie Underwood's decision to perform at Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration in January.
—EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025
What informed that decision to actually name names in the story?
—Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
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Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Buffett didn’t name names but seemed to touch on the political and cultural tumult of the moment in several sections of his 13-page letter.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
Though Behar didn't name names, former View cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck recently publicly criticized her ex-colleague following Behar's observations about Carrie Underwood's decision to perform at Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration in January.
—EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025
What informed that decision to actually name names in the story?
—Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for name names
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“Name names.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/name%20names. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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