name-checking

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Noun[edit]

name-checking (countable and uncountable, plural name-checkings)

  1. Synonym of name-dropping
    • 2010 April 21, John Plunkett, “The Guardian leaders' debate game”, in The Guardian[1]:
      We can expect tomorrow's second leaders' debate, which is all about international affairs, to take the name-checking to a whole new level.