1 The assistant carried on talking to his mate, name-dropping all the famous riders he knew.

2 I didn't want to be accused of name-dropping.

3 One can do a lot of name-dropping with names of the school'sparents. President Nixon sent his daughters there.

4 The hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it.

5 I must stop saying everyone famous is a good friend. It sounds as if I'm name-dropping.

6 He had served on numerous civic committees and dabbled on the fringes of politics, mainly at the name-dropping level.

7 Oh, no. This isn't good. Jim just mentioned Marlon Brando. Larry King is going to spin into an out - of - control name-dropping vortex.

1 The assistant carried on talking to his mate, name-dropping all the famous riders he knew.