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to cab

to cab

3 2.8
To travel in a taxi as a passenger
  • verb
  • /kæb/
  • Informal
translation icon : 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'.