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sees yellow

sees yellow is the third-person singular simple present indicative of see yellow.

Meaning of see yellow

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

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What is sees yellow the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sees yellow is the third-person singular simple present indicative of see yellow.

Words near sees yellow in the dictionary

  1. sees to
  2. sees to it
  3. sees what sticks
  4. sees which way the cat jumps
  5. sees with half an eye
  6. sees yellow
  7. seesaw
  8. seesawed
  9. seesawing
  10. seesawings
  11. seesawlike

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