drop names

Idioms  

1. Refer to important persons as acquaintances in order to impress the listener. For example, Her habit of dropping names made everyone very skeptical about her veracity. [Mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

I don’t mean to drop names — Tom Hanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

She didn’t have to work hard to drop names, because names seemed to fall from the sky.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2021

Now, at 74, if anyone has earned the right to casually drop names and use terms such as “lover” without affectation, it is her.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2019

The Saint Paul Hotel doesn’t need to drop names — the doorman’s stovepipe hat and hotel’s ornate decor speak volumes — but what the heck.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2019

But let us drop names and turn to facts.

From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance