Meanings
verbsee yellow (third-person singular simple present sees yellow, present participle seeing yellow, simple past saw yellow, past participle seen yellow)
present singular third person sees yellow · participle present seeing yellow · past saw yellow · participle past seen yellow
- idiomaticball gamesTo 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
Origin
Modelled on see red.
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see yellow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20yellow
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“see yellow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20yellow. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “see yellow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20yellow.
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