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yellow card

American  

noun

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

yellow card British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. serving as a warning; intended to warn

    a yellow card system is in place
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He was withdrawn early from the defeats by Scotland and Ireland and was absent for part of the decisive final quarter against Italy after picking up his second yellow card of the tournament.

From BBC

The Yellow Card reports of suspected reactions include:

From BBC

It added that new drugs, such as GLP-1s, are more "intensively monitored" to ensure that any new safety issues are quickly identified and as the use of those drugs increase "so have the number of Yellow Card reports associated with these medicines".

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"He will be furious with himself for that penalty and yellow card," said England's Rugby World Cup-winning scrum-half Matt Dawson on BBC Radio 5 Live.

From BBC

Saturday's was Itoje's second yellow card of the tournament, after also being sin-binned against Wales.

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