"see yellow" meaning in All languages combined

See see yellow on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-see yellow.ogg Forms: sees yellow [present, singular, third-person], seeing yellow [participle, present], saw yellow [past], seen yellow [participle, past]
Etymology: Modelled on see red. Head templates: {{en-verb|see<,,saw,seen> yellow}} see yellow (third-person singular simple present sees yellow, present participle seeing yellow, simple past saw yellow, past participle seen yellow)
  1. (idiomatic, soccer) To receive a yellow card. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Related terms: red
    Sense id: en-see_yellow-en-verb-cTB896ma Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "sees yellow",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saw yellow",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seen yellow",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Football (soccer)",
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          "ref": "2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:",
          "text": "Healy’s first act was to crudely wipe out Forrest on the touchline. He saw yellow when it could have been red.\n Lafferty then had his name taken for a late one on Adam Matthews.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To receive a yellow card."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, soccer) To receive a yellow card."
      ],
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          "word": "red"
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "saw yellow",
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    },
    {
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      "word": "red"
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        "English idioms",
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        "en:Football (soccer)"
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          "ref": "2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:",
          "text": "Healy’s first act was to crudely wipe out Forrest on the touchline. He saw yellow when it could have been red.\n Lafferty then had his name taken for a late one on Adam Matthews.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To receive a yellow card."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, soccer) To receive a yellow card."
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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