1. Sports

Yellow Card

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Definition: a yellow-colored penalty card that indicates an official warning to a swimmer due to unsportsmanlike conduct or an infraction of the rules during an open water race. (noun)
Also Known As: warning
Examples:
The head referee gave a yellow card to the swimmer who cut across the back of his competitor.

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