red card

noun

soccer

: a red card that a referee holds in the air to indicate that a player who has broken the rules of the game will not be allowed to continue playing

Examples of red card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tomas Aviles was out serving a red card suspension. —Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025

For many of those immigrants, asserting the rights outlined on the red card could be the difference between being deported and staying in the country. —Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025

Less than four minutes after the red card, Schafer slotted a pass to senior Thomas Lutz who beat a charging Olympic Heights junior goalkeeper Nicholas Schenk from 12 yards out to knot the score at 1-1. —Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025

Ancelotti defended his charge following the eventual 2-1 comeback win, and stated his belief that the red card should be cancelled while both men involved in the incident received yellows instead. —Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for red card

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard