Idiom
have one's name on
Meaning
To be reserved for someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That last piece of cake has your name on it.”
“The manager told me the promotion has my name on it if I finish this project on time.”
“She looked at the empty seat at the head of the table, knowing that the position had her name on it long before the election began.”
Examples
simple
“That last piece of cake has your name on it.”
contextual
“The manager told me the promotion has my name on it if I finish this project on time.”
complex
“She looked at the empty seat at the head of the table, knowing that the position had her name on it long before the election began.”
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