Collocations for "card"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "card" in context.
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card
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [birthday, get-well, congratulations, greeting] card
- write [in, on] his [birthday] card
- a [shopping, loyalty, membership, store] card
- pay by [debit, credit, bank] card
- We accept [all, most] major (credit) cards.
- read (the) tarot cards
- [show, present] your ID card
- printed on [thick, white, beige, glossy] card
- [written, listed, contained] on the card
- written on the [reverse side, back] of the card
- sports: The referee showed the player a [red, yellow] card.
- sports: the player got a [red] card for (dangerous play)
- sports: [banned, suspended] after [five] yellow cards
- sports: There are [six] races on today's card.
- sports: The golfer marked his card (for the round).
- is [good, bad, lucky] at cards
- a [deck, pack, set] of cards
- play (a game of) cards
- always wins at cards
- won [at, the first round of] cards
- got dealt (some) lucky cards
- got rid of all her cards first
- Pick a card, any card.
- idiom: have to play with the cards that you're dealt
- idiom: has one more card (left) to play
- idiom: played his trump card
- idiom: play the [race, religion] card
- idiom: holds all the cards (in the negotiation)
- slang: He's such a card!
- idiom: It [could, may] well be on the cards.
- UK, slang: I've got your card marked!
- is a [famous, popular] card game
- is a card sharp
- play three-card [poker, brag]
- your card [information, details, number]
- a (credit) card holder
- pay off your credit card [debt, loans]
- paid with my debit card
- [withdrew, took out] cash with his debit card
- [renew, replace] your debit card
- issue a new debit card
- report a lost or stolen debit card
- used my debit card to [book, purchase, buy]
- put [it] on my debit card
- keeps her debit card in [her purse, a holder]
- apply for a new debit card
- is a card-carrying [member, Communist]
'card' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
B
- C
- D
- F
- French
- ID
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Swedish
- Swiss
- apply
- approval
- bill
- birthday
- bookmark
- breach
- burden
- calling
- cancel
- card sharp
- card trick
- cash
- cast
- charge
- compatible
- controller
- credit
- debit
- debit card
- deck
- discard
- documentation
- donor
- drawn
- driver
- eligibility
- embassy
- employee
- envelope
- expense
- father
- fee
- flash
- foul
- frozen
- game
- gift
- give
- glitter