have one's name written all over
English
Alternative forms
- have one's name all over
- have one's name on
Verb
have one's name written all over (third-person singular simple present has one's name written all over, present participle having one's name written all over, simple past and past participle had one's name written all over)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, one's, name, written, all, over.
- (idiomatic) To be typical of a particular individual, particularly with respect to a crime or scheme.
- 2010, Nisa Santiago, Return of the Cartier Cartel, volume 2, page 155:
- The attempted hit on me today was personal, and it has Marisol's name written all over it.
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