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   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
card-carrying member
Fig. an official member of some group, originally, the communist party. Bill is a card-carrying member of the electricians union.

be a fully paid-up member of something   (informal) also be a card-carrying member of something (informal)
to be part of a particular group Unlike former leaders, he displays a degree of sensitivity that shows him to be a fully paid-up member of the human race.


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