If there is a sending-off during a game of football, a player is told to leave the field by the referee, asa punishment for seriously breaking the rules.
He is about to begin a three-match ban after his third sending-off of the season.
sending-off in British English
(ˌsɛndɪŋˈɒf)
noun
(in football) an instance of a player being told to leave the field by the referee, as a punishment for a serious offence
It was his third sending-off of the season.
He is about to begin a three-match ban after his third sending-off of the season.
Examples of 'sending-off' in a sentence
sending-off
There had been a sending-off in the local derby, but no goalmouth action so far.