The phrase
"to become a household name" means to achieve widespread recognition and fame, such that one's name is well-known by people in general or within their community.
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As soon as it released on mobile though is when it finally kicked off and started
becoming a household name for what is known as casual gamers worldwide.
They did
n't become household names because they either couldn't get users to sign up at the pace they needed or they failed to compete.
The pastor, who
became a household name after his prophecy on the Kintampo waterfalls disaster in Ghana came into fruition, said the Black Stars entire delegation will die in a fatal air crash in September.
Composed mainly of investment managers, technology consultants and developers, aims to change the game in terms of customer service and has a long term vision
of becoming a household name in the next 5 years as cryptocurrency goes mainstream.
Ellie Simmonds, the swimmer
who became a household name during Beijing aged 13, will return to defend her gold victories in the 100m and 400m freestyle races.
Hundreds of mourners have paid their final respects to former U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, a New York Democrat who
became a household name during the Love Canal saga in Niagara Falls.
Although the Amsterdam Tournament was a simple pre-season arrangement for clubs to hone their strategies in time for the new season, the tournament
became a household name across England, as it regularly held the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Barcelona and so forth.
Christian Bale The Potential: Bale has been around for twenty - five years now, but only
became a household name thanks to his lead in Christopher Nolan's «Batman Begins,» and its even bigger sequel «The Dark Knight.»
Mexican sports reporter, Ines Sainz, who
became household name at the 2011 Super Bowl media day after her sexual assault claim of the New York Jets, is once again in attendance at media day.
Julianne Hough is a dancer, singer, actress, and Emmy award winning choreographer, who
became a household name as a two - time professional champion on the hit show «Dancing With the Stars.»
Nest
became a household name by reinventing the thermostat, but now the Google - owned company has a range of smart devices that work together to automate or protect your home.
Back when Ben Affleck
first became a household name after winning the best original screenplay Oscar with Matt Damon for 1997's Good Will Hunting, few could have predicted the rollercoaster ride his career would go on to become.
The Sooners ascended as high as No. 4 in the polls, Young
became a household name even to casual fans and suddenly a return trip to the Final Four like the one Hield powered two years earlier seemed perfectly plausible.
Apart from offbeat collaborations with Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Stiller has strictly been a mainstream comedy guy since
becoming a household name around the turn of the century.
With digital currencies such as Bitcoin
becoming household names due to their astronomic rise in value and public proliferation, the technology that gives the famous cryptocurrency its trademark decentralized encryption, accountability and global scale is also entering the limelight.
The visual effects company Weta Digital
became a household name following their groundbreaking work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and they've worked on a number of other impressive films in the interim, ranging from District 9 to Avatar to...
The Aakash tablet has
already become a household name in the tech world, which can be attributed to the painstaking efforts on part of the Tuli brothers, Raja Singh Tuli and Suneet Singh Tuli.
Eddington revealed the results of his eclipse experiment on November 6, and
Einstein became a household name throughout the world practically overnight — literally overnight in some places; the next day, the London Times ran the headline, «Revolution in Science, New Theory of the Universe.»
Since the first Nintendo gaming console was released in 1983, the Japanese company has not
only become a household name, but the proprietary characters have become pop culture icons.
And that's a really bad position for LG to occupy when consumers still aren't sold on the basic smartwatch concept, and Android Wear hasn't
yet become a household name.
The youngster is most definitely not a world beater as of yet, but our club must see the potential in him, and he could
well become a household name in years to come.