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Idioms and Phrases
Sign in to one's place of business by use of a magnetic card, as in I told him I'd card in for him if he was late tomorrow . Similarly, card out means to sign out of one's place of business, as in I want to sneak out early, so could you please card out for me at the end of the day? This term arose in the 1940s with the invention of automated check-in systems.Example Sentences
Both have had children while in Congress, and both have found it to be unnecessarily burdensome to fly back and forth to Washington while taking care of newborns, just to put a voting card in a machine and press a button.
After his kick out late on against Young Boys earned him a red card in Celtic's penultimate Champions League group match, Maeda apologised to fans.
The 30-year-old's speed, sharpness and youthfulness was too much for veteran Jonas, who struggled with her timing over 10 rounds in the main event of an all-female card in London.
Ntamack renews his half-back partnership with captain Antoine Dupont after serving a two-game ban for his red card in the opening win over Wales.
Events have also featured outside of Saudi under the 'Riyadh Season' banner, with Terence Crawford headlining a card in Los Angeles and Daniel Dubois topping the bill at Wembley.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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