"call someone everything but a child of God" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: calls someone everything but a child of God [present, singular, third-person], calling someone everything but a child of God [participle, present], called someone everything but a child of God [participle, past], called someone everything but a child of God [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call someone everything but a child of God (third-person singular simple present calls someone everything but a child of God, present participle calling someone everything but a child of God, simple past and past participle called someone everything but a child of God)
  1. (slang, idiomatic) To call someone many abusive names. Tags: idiomatic, slang Related terms: call names, call someone every name in the book, name-calling
    Sense id: en-call_someone_everything_but_a_child_of_God-en-verb-K0hFW0ui Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, Elizabeth Derry, Lucifer Is Not Satan (book 1, page 161)",
          "text": "That I have been called everything but a child of God; from witch to rebel to Jezebel and the list goes on God, and to make matters worse, I am a woman!"
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