have one's name taken

When receiving a yellow card in some sports, one's name is recorded in the referee's booklet.

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have one's name taken (third-person singular simple present has one's name taken, present participle having one's name taken, simple past and past participle had one's name taken)

1. (idiomatic, sports) To receive a yellow card.
   • 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record‎:

     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.

• be booked
• see yellow