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name sb/sth after sb/sth
name sb/sth after sb/sth (US ALSO name sb/sth for sb/sth) — phrasal verb with name /neɪm/ verb [T]
► F0 to give someone or something the same name as another person or thing: » Paul was named after his grandad.» She told us about his brother, Apollo, born in 1969 and named for the US astronauts' mission to the moon.Thesaurus+: ↑Names and titlesWord Builder:–Nouns: name–Adjectives: unnamed, nameless–Verbs: name, rename–Adverbs: namely• • • Extra Examples:» We named our dogs after Tolkien characters.» We named all our children after football players. |