名なを馳はせる

expression, ichidan verb

win fame; make a name for oneself; become widely known

Used when someone gains recognition or renown, often through notable achievements. The verb 馳せる means 'to gallop' or 'to make run', giving a sense of spreading one's name far and wide.

• 彼かれはその発はつ明めいで世せ界かい中じゅうに名なを馳はせた。

  He won fame around the world with that invention.

• 若わかくして名なを馳はせた作さっ家かは、今いまも精せい力りょく的てきに活かつ動どうしている。

  The writer who made a name for himself at a young age is still active today.