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.

Examples of name names in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Botich can’t name names yet, but Mayor Austin Bonta said after his election, before taking office in 2024, that World’s Finest Chocolate was interested in the property. —Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025

While Bad Bunny did not name names, fans were quick to question whether his hat was possibly aimed at his ex-girlfriend Kendall Jenner. —Rachel Desantis, People.com, 8 July 2025

While the presence of Venezuelan intelligence operatives in the U.S. has long been suspected, Carvajal’s offer to name names and provide operational details could give the FBI and other federal agencies unprecedented insight into how Venezuela’s spy apparatus functions abroad. —Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025

The fact that McAfee didn’t name names could also become important. —Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for name names

• aims
• blames
• claims
• dames
• fames
• flames
• frames
• games
• hames
• kames
• lames
• shames