you name it
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
For 12 years, everything was in there: car booster seats for our now high school-age boys, tons of old clothes and shoes, you name it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
With few entertainment options available, consumers, flush with cash from stimulus checks, were quick to spend the dough on stuff they didn’t really need—sneakers, designer handbags, flat-screen TVs, you name it.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
In the meantime, Dave told me, “everybody’s out doing a side job”—Uber, DoorDash, petsitting, tutoring, coffeemaking, you name it.
From Slate • May 20, 2025
"It's anything from digitised art pieces, literature, music, motion picture, you name it."
From BBC • May 8, 2025
Hot food, cold food, Chinese, Italian, you name it.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.