| VERB | communication | namedrop | refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them |
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| Meaning | refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer | make reference to |
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