yellow card

noun

1. Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.

yellow card

noun

1. a card of a yellow colour displayed by a referee to indicate that a player has been officially cautioned for some offence

verb

1. tr to caution (a player) officially for some offence

adjective

1. serving as a warning; intended to warn

   a yellow card system is in place

Example Sentences

“I have a yellow card,” Munter recalled, describing the new policy.

From The Daily Beast

And, placing his hand in his breast-pocket, he produced a small folded yellow card bearing his photograph, which he handed to me.

From Project Gutenberg

Pocketing the yellow card, she squeezed behind the steering wheel.

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The official announcement came to the Consulate upon a long yellow card bearing certain Chinese characters.

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With the yellow card in his hand, he went over to the fiction section of the open shelves.

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