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see yellow

see yellow verb: to receive a yellow card.

Verb

see yellow (third-person singular simple present sees yellow, present participle seeing yellow, simple past saw yellow, past participle seen yellow)

  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

Forms of see yellow

third-person singular presentsees yellow
present participleseeing yellow
pastsaw yellow
past participleseen yellow

Origin of see yellow

Modelled on see red.

Questions about see yellow

What does see yellow mean?
See yellow means to receive a yellow card.
What part of speech is see yellow?
See yellow is a verb.
What is the past tense of see yellow?
The past tense of see yellow is saw yellow.

Words near see yellow in the dictionary

  1. see to it
  2. see what sticks
  3. see which way the cat jumps
  4. see with half an eye
  5. see ya
  6. see yellow
  7. see you
  8. see you around
  9. see you in hell
  10. see you in the funny pages
  11. see you in the funny papers

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