call names

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to use insulting words about sb

   Does anyone ever call me names, or...

In the movies · 8

• You know that I've called you names on several occasions.The Shop Around the Corner1940
• Does anyone ever call me names, or...Zodiac2007
• I'm sorry I called you names,The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• You think it helps to call someone names who's upset?Ocean's Eleven2001
• he's been made fun of and called names his whole life.The Mighty1998
• and just being called names.Jojo Rabbit2019
• Call him names. Run him down all the time.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002
• But my enemies call me namorBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever2022

Learn it in full scenes

• The Shop Around the Corner1940
  • Morning Gossip at Matuschek's
  • The Anonymous Letter From Box 237
  • Matuschek's Singing Cigarette Box
• Zodiac2007
  • Darlene Ferrin's Last Drive
  • The Zodiac Confession Call
  • Zodiac's Cipher Reaches the Chronicle
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
  • Lucy Leaves Her In-Laws' House
  • Lucy Insists on Gull Cottage
  • Lucy Rents the Haunted House

From the same entry

• call bluff
• call into play
• call into question
• call it a day
• call it quits
• call the shots
• call a spade a spade
• call time
• call to account
• call to order
• on the carpet
• bring to mind