"mark someone's card" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: marks someone's card [present, singular, third-person], marking someone's card [participle, present], marked someone's card [participle, past], marked someone's card [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mark someone's card (third-person singular simple present marks someone's card, present participle marking someone's card, simple past and past participle marked someone's card)
  1. (UK, idiomatic) To forcefully correct someone's behaviour. Tags: UK, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-mark_someone's_card-en-verb-j-jI0AyZ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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