Idiom
have one's name taken
Meaning
To receive a yellow card.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The referee had his name taken for that bad tackle.”
“After the defender argued loudly with the official, he had his name taken and received a yellow card.”
“The player knew he had his name taken for the reckless challenge, yet he continued to protest the referee's decision with visible frustration.”
Examples
simple
“The referee had his name taken for that bad tackle.”
contextual
“After the defender argued loudly with the official, he had his name taken and received a yellow card.”
complex
“The player knew he had his name taken for the reckless challenge, yet he continued to protest the referee's decision with visible frustration.”
Origin
From the practice in various sports of a referee recording a player's identity in a booklet upon the issuance of a yellow card. The formal notation of the individual serves as the official record of the caution.
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