call someone every name in the book
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call someone every name in the book (third-person singular simple present calls someone every name in the book, present participle calling someone every name in the book, simple past and past participle called someone every name in the book)
- (idiomatic, informal) To subject an individual to a variety of insults or slanderous terms.
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to subject someone to a variety of insults
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