🗓️ Idiom: Get Your Name Out There (v)
💬 Meaning
- To increase your visibility or reputation, especially in a professional or industry setting.
- It often refers to promoting yourself so others become aware of who you are and what you do.
- Making more people know who you are through advertising, marketing and networking.
🧠 Example Sentences
- She started posting on LinkedIn regularly to get her name out there.
- Attending conferences is a great way to get your name out there.
- He volunteered to speak at the event to get his name out there in the industry.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom is about the concept of publicity. Spreading your name in public or professional circles so people become familiar with you. It’s commonly used in job searching, networking, and brand-building.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
To grow his consulting business, James had to __________.
Answer
get his name out there
2. Choose the correct meaning of “get your name out there”:
A) Work quietly behind the scenes
B) Promote yourself to become known
C) Change your legal name
Answer
B) Promote yourself to become known
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“He wanted people in the industry to know who he was.” → Change the sentence using: get his name out there
Answer
He wanted to get his name out there in the industry.
ℹ️ Other Useful Pages
👉 Relationships and Networking Idioms
👉 Business English Idioms List