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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Speaking over a plate of increasingly diabolical hot wings, host Sean Evans asked Mulaney about the worst times he'd been shot down by SNL hosts, without the need to name names.
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Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 30 June 2023
Although naturally no one is allowed to name names, Wahlberg teases that, in season 10, one major artist in particular will appear on the show and trick everyone until the very end.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2023
When the interviewer asked her where the recipes had come from, Stewart didn’t name names.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
During his induction Friday night in Charlotte, N.C., Johnson will name names of those who helped him along the way — five of whom represented turning points in his career.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
Unlike most of the celebrities who had appeared before HUAC, Miller refused to name names.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
A week later Kazan headed south to name names in Washington.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
Dawson didn’t name names, but during another part of his presentation cited Amazon, Disney+ and Netflix as key sector giants.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2023
Mitchell did not name names during his meeting comments and declined to identify specific individuals during our interview.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 30 June 2023
Although naturally no one is allowed to name names, Wahlberg teases that, in season 10, one major artist in particular will appear on the show and trick everyone until the very end.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2023
When the interviewer asked her where the recipes had come from, Stewart didn’t name names.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
During his induction Friday night in Charlotte, N.C., Johnson will name names of those who helped him along the way — five of whom represented turning points in his career.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
Unlike most of the celebrities who had appeared before HUAC, Miller refused to name names.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
A week later Kazan headed south to name names in Washington.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
Dawson didn’t name names, but during another part of his presentation cited Amazon, Disney+ and Netflix as key sector giants.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2023
Mitchell did not name names during his meeting comments and declined to identify specific individuals during our interview.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
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