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to call after
01
to name someone after another person, usually in honor of them
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
after
Base verb
call
Present tense
call after
3rd person singular
calls after
Present participle
calling after
Past simple
called after
Past participle
called after
Examples
They called their daughter after her grandmother.
