red card
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2.6
- noun
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tarjeta roja
- After receiving a red card, the player had to leave the field immediately.
- yellow and red card
So yeah, the first the Sunday evening I got the red card, then the Monday tried to crack on and get rid of.
- So yeah, the first the Sunday evening I got the red card, then the Monday tried to crack on and get rid of.
- They go green, OK, And then you hold up a red card.
- I think I told Trafford when I when I made mistake with the red card, No, no, there's the one which I misjudged the ball.
- And of course, and football or sports also game of luck, of course, inside post, outside post on the bar, a penalty given or yes or no red cards, yes or no.
Examples
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I thought that if you raised your hand to an opponent, a red card was automatic.
Blog text (27) -
Daniele De Rossi was shown a straight red card in first half stoppage time for swinging an arm into Mauri's face.
Blog text (8) -
Somebody got a red card.
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No one's admitted without a red card.
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Students with yellow or red cards lost certain privileges.
Academic text (2012) -
The referees have pulled a red card.
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Wenger did not substitute Wilshere, and of course he got a red card.
Blog text (2) -
On the other hand, Adebayor's challenge on Arsenal's Santi Cazorla was well worthy of a red card, but these two challenges are the basis of where we draw the line between a good tackle and a bad tackle.
Blog text (22) -
The referee showed the player a red card for violent conduct.
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In football, a red card means that the player has committed a serious foul.
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The connection between 'red' (a color signaling danger or severity) and 'card' (a physical object shown by an official) makes the general idea of a severe sanction somewhat inferable. However, the specific rule-like consequence — that the player is sent off the field — depends on sports-world knowledge and convention, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words may not predict the full meaning.
Etymology
Red card comes from referees showing a red card like a traffic light, because red means 'stop'. One popular story says using that clear red signal showed a player must 'leave the field', so today red card means 'sent off' for a serious foul.