be a card-carrying member (of something)

be a card-carrying member (of something)

To be a certified member of a particular group or organization; to have paid the necessary dues or fees to be part of a group. I never knew until he was on his deathbed that my father was a card-carrying member of the Freemasons. You'll have to be a card-carrying member of the union before we can give you any regular shifts on the docks.
See also: member
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be a (fully) paid-up member of something
  • fully
  • card-carrying member
  • a card-carrying member (of something)
  • a paid-up member, etc.
  • member
  • paid-up member (of something)
  • ginger group
  • group under
  • group under (something)