a card-carrying member (of something)
a card-carrying member (of something)
A certified member of a particular group or organization; someone who has paid the dues necessary 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. I'm afraid only card-carrying members of the union can be given any regular shifts on the docks.
See also: member
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
card-carrying member
Fig. an official member of some group, originally, the communist party. Bill is a card-carrying member of the electricians union.
See also: member
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- a paid-up member, etc.
- card-carrying member
- member
- paid-up member (of something)
- fully
- be a (fully) paid-up member of something
- be a card-carrying member (of something)
- in contact
- in with, be
- be in with (someone)