red card

Definitions

General English

  • noun a card displayed by the referee when dismissing a player for doing something against the rules

Idiom

  • signal that a player has to leave the football pitch for foul play

Sports

  • noun a red card displayed by the referee when dismissing a player from the field for a serious infringement of the rules.
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