taxi
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- noun
- /ˈtæksi/
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taxi
- After a long day, I finally hailed a taxi to get home.
- take a taxi
- taxi drivers
- a taxi ride
I was surrounded by honking taxis, chirping birds, kids shouting.
- I was surrounded by honking taxis, chirping birds, kids shouting.
- And then guys, you know, when like taxi ranks and the first car you get in.
- Again, these, you know, these, these platforms don't own taxis, they don't own hotel rooms.
- So actually who wins the taxi cab medallion owners and who are they?
- People say, well, OK, driving a taxi or a bus, that's one thing.
- No possibly credit card taxi to come back at only cash.
- This is how I call cabs, taxi, taxi.
Examples
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As she locked the door, a taxi drew up outside the hotel.
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So I think I'm just going to take a taxi or something.
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We're now making our way in a taxi to the hotel.
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I need a taxi to the 'Lucky 7'.
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We are in a taxi on the way to the venue.
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Are you calling a taxi?
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We decided to get in a taxi and head to Brooklyn instead.
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Get in the taxi to go to Nando's.
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He's in a taxi on his way home.
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Myra sits in the back seat of a taxi parked across the street from the motel.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A car that carries people to places for money
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A car with a driver that people pay to take them where they want
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An old word for a taxi
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A taxi that is not official and picks up passengers from the street without a license
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A small car like a taxi that you book in advance
A car you pay to take you where you want in a city
A horse-drawn carriage that people hire like a taxi
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Etymology
Taxi comes from taxicab, which itself comes from taximeter, a machine that measures the tax or 'fee' for a ride, so a taxi is a vehicle you pay to take you somewhere.