"spell someone's name" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: spells someone's name [present, singular, third-person], spelling someone's name [participle, present], spelled someone's name [participle, past], spelled someone's name [past], spelt someone's name [participle, past], spelt someone's name [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=spelt someone's name}} spell someone's name (third-person singular simple present spells someone's name, present participle spelling someone's name, simple past and past participle spelled someone's name or spelt someone's name)
  1. (slang) Alternative form of spell one's name Tags: alt-of, alternative, slang Alternative form of: spell one's name
    Sense id: en-spell_someone's_name-en-verb-dVEi-qmW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2024, Lay Banks (lyrics and music), “anywayy”, in After 7:",
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