red card

red card
Soccer. a red card shown by the referee to a player being sent off the field for a flagrant violation. Cf. yellow card.

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red card noun (football)
A red-coloured card that a referee holds up to show that he or she is sending a player off
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Main Entry: ↑red

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red card UK US noun [countable] [singular red card plural red cards]
a card shown to a football player for a serious offence against the rules, ordering them to leave the field. A player is shown a yellow card for a minor offence and if they are shown another yellow card for a second offence, they are then automatically shown a red card too.
Thesaurus: commentating, refereeing, and judging sports and competitionshyponym
See also: yellow card

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red card «rehd kahrd», noun
Soccer. A red card which a referee displays when ejecting a player from a game for misbehavior.
╂Compare yellow card. (Cf. ↑yellow card)

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1.
n. (in soccer and some other games) a red card shown by the referee to a player who is being ejected from the game. Compare with yellow card
2.
v. (red-card) [trans.] often be red-carded (of a referee) eject (a player) from the game by showing the red card

he did his pushing directly in front of the referee and was red-carded

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noun, pl ⋯ cards [count]
soccer : a red card that a referee holds in the air to indicate that a player who has broken the rules of the game will not be allowed to continue playing — compare ↑yellow card

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ˌred ˈcard [red card] noun
(in football ( ↑soccer )) a card shown by the ↑referee to a player who has broken the rules of the game and is not allowed to play for the rest of the game
Example Bank:

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He received a red card for a foul on the goalkeeper.

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The referee showed her the red card.


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