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had one's name taken

had one's name taken is the simple past and past participle of have one's name taken.

Meaning of have one's name taken

Verb

have one's name taken (third-person singular simple present has one's name taken, present participle having one's name taken, simple past and past participle had one's name taken)

  1. (idiomatic) To receive a yellow card.
    • 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.2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record
    Synonyms:
    be book, yellow

Questions about had one's name taken

What is had one's name taken the simple past and past participle of?
Had one's name taken is the simple past and past participle of have one's name taken.

Words near had one's name taken in the dictionary

  1. had one's mind about one
  2. had one's moments
  3. had one's moons
  4. had one's name in the Gazette
  5. had one's name on
  6. had one's name taken
  7. had one's name written all over
  8. had one's number on it
  9. had one's own zip code
  10. had one's pick
  11. had one's pockets on swole

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