card in

Idioms  

1. Sign in to one's place of business by use of a magnetic card, as in I told him I'd card in for him if he was late tomorrow. Similarly, card out means to sign out of one's place of business, as in I want to sneak out early, so could you please card out for me at the end of the day? This term arose in the 1940s with the invention of automated check-in systems.

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card in

Vela Gonzalez carried the temporary green card in his wallet for nearly five decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The 44-year-old Williams, meanwhile, is still unconfirmed, having not formally accepted a wild card in either doubles or singles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Other evidence about mushroom images on a memory card in Patterson's home was wrongly excluded, the lawyer said in an appeal submission in November last year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Better yet, stick his baseball card in there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Drops the center card in the left slot and so on in a kind of rhythmic pattern that gets faster and faster until he finally stops.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz