"call someone out of their name"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:57:18AM -0800, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> If it's in the OED or the Archives, I couldn't find it.

It's in OED s.v. _call_ v. sense 17.e., though many of Doug's
cites are antedatings, and the OED definition doesn't convey
the 'insult' nuance, which is clearly present even in the OED
quotations.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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