see yellow
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modelled on see red.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]see yellow (third-person singular simple present sees yellow, present participle seeing yellow, simple past saw yellow, past participle seen yellow)
- (idiomatic, soccer) To receive a yellow card.
- 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record[1]:
- Healy’s first act was to crudely wipe out Forrest on the touchline. He saw yellow when it could have been red.
Lafferty then had his name taken for a late one on Adam Matthews.