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you name it

Idioms  
  1. Everything one can think of, as in We've got a crib, highchair, diapers—you name it. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]


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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