call someone every name in the book

English

Verb

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)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To subject an individual to a variety of insults or slanderous terms.

Related terms

• call names
• call someone everything but a child of God
• every trick in the book
• name-calling

 

Translations

to subject someone to a variety of insults

• French: traiter de tous les noms (fr)