have (one's) name taken



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have (one's) name taken

In football (soccer), to receive a yellow card (and thus have one's name recorded in the referee's booklet). It's questionable whether that slide tackle really warranted the penalty, but she's had her name taken regardless.
See also: have, name, taken

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Whetu-Maori
Ruslanroo-SLAHN (Russian)Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Cheche
Pierrette-French
Celinatse-LEE-nahPolish
Sham'a-Arabic
Yeruslan-Folklore