get a ticket

get a ticket

To receive a ticket (a notice of a fine that one must pay) for committing an offense, typically one related to driving. I can't believe you, of all people, got a ticket for speeding. You normally drive like a snail! Oops, looks like I got a ticket for parking next to a fire hydrant.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

get a ticket

to receive a traffic ticket. If you keep racing along at this speed, you will get a ticket!
See also: get, ticket
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • round-trip ticket
  • get one’s ticket punched
  • get ticket punched
  • black mark
  • a black mark
  • buy someone’s woof ticket
  • a black spot
  • argue (one's) way out (of something)
  • argue way out of
  • a black mark against someone