See take someone's name in vain on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1887, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Jack the Fisherman, page 17:",
"text": "He never once took her name in vain among the fellows: and she had not been a very good girl, either.",
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"ref": "2010, William J. Mann, How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood 1941-1981, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 55:",
"text": "Hollywood honchos courted her, flattered her, showered her with gifts—and took her name in vain behind her back.",
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"ref": "1977, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, Oversight of Antitrust Enforcement: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session ..., page 484:",
"text": "I took your name in vain, Mr. Mathias , in suggesting that we would have another good ally on the Appropriations Committee to get money for additional assistance down there.",
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"ref": "1851, William J. O'Neill Daunt, The Gentleman in Debt: A Novel, page 75:",
"text": "I'm afeard I took your name in vain, awhile ago , young gentleman; but how could I tell you were hearkening to me ?”",
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"ref": "1936, The National Review:",
"text": "All this bother is due to my interfering in matters which do not concern me but concern your W.D. Mrs. F. will make F. squint , I expect! I took your name in vain.",
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