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to cab

to cab

3 2.8
To travel in a taxi as a passenger
  • verb
  • /kæb/
  • Informal
: tomar un taxi
  • It's late, so I'll just cab it to the airport to catch my flight.

Examples

  • When it started raining, I knew I had to cab it home quickly.

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  • Part of me wanted to cab it back to the hotel.

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  • I'll just meet you at your place tonight, then we can cab it to my apartment.

  • Look I'll just, cab it to his office and get some answers.

  • Hey, we'll cab it.

  • Getting there: Fly directly into Lima and cab it to the Miraflores shopping center for around US$10.

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  • The third is for us to leave with all our stuff, cab it into town to the place with Wi-Fi, and leave Zac there with the bags while I hunt around for a hotel.

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  • So New York bands or or musicians would take their smallest amp they could a guitar and a couple pedals because they're taking a cab to their gig, OK, what they can carry.

  • You will need to cab it to places, but provided you take a metered taxi (the white ones) and are aware that the minimum fare is E2.50, watch a map while you're going so they don't take you round the houses, you should be fine.

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Synonyms

to uber
vsto cab
  • Informal
2 4.8

To get a car through the Uber app

refers to hired car travel generally rather than app arranged service
to taxi
vsto cab
1 1.0

To ride in a car with a driver you pay

is the same travel action but uses a different common word

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

To operate a car or give someone a ride

Compounds

12 1.8

The money you pay for a taxi ride

4 2.1

A taxi painted yellow seen in cities like New York

gypsy cab
  • Offensive
3 8.6

A taxi that is not official and picks up passengers from the street without a license

hansom cab
  • Archaic
2 9.9

A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse with a covered seat for passengers and a driver behind

6.6

A car you pay to take you where you want in a city

How Fast

to fly
∞ 2.3
to drive
∞ 1.0
to cab
  • Informal
3 2.8
to cycle
10 1.8
to walk
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

cab infinitive
cabbed past
cabbed past participle
cabbing present participle
cabs third person singular

Etymology

The verb cab comes from the noun cab, a hired carriage or taxi, so to cab means 'to travel by taxi' or 'to take a taxi'.