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taxi
verbs
take/get a taxi
• We took a taxi to the hotel.
go/come/arrive by taxi
• I went back home by taxi.
hail a taxi
(= wave or call to a taxi to stop for you to get in )
• I rushed outside and hailed a taxi.
phone for/call a taxi
(= telephone for a taxi to come )
• Can you phone for a taxi and I'll get our coats.
call somebody a taxi
(= telephone for a taxi to come for someone else )
• Call me a taxi, would you?
get into/out of a taxi
• He got into a taxi outside the station.
taxi + NOUN
a taxi ride
• The centre of town is a five minute taxi ride away.
a taxi fare
• She couldn't afford the £18 taxi fare.
a taxi driver
• He paid the taxi driver and got out.
a taxi service
• We operate a taxi service to and from the airport.
a taxi rank
British English , a taxi stand American English (= a place where taxis wait for customers )
• There's a taxi rank just outside the hotel.
COMMON ERRORS
>>> Do not say ' get on a taxi '. Say get in a taxi .
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noun VERB + TAXI go by, take I took a taxi back home. | call (sb), get (sb), order (sb), phone for I'll get my secretary to call you a taxi. | find We had some difficulty finding a taxi. | catch, hail We caught a taxi to the airport. | get into/out of | drive | pay for/off | share TAXI + NOUN cab | firm | ride | service | fare | driver | rank PHRASES by ~ a five-minute trip by taxi
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