hail a taxi

hail a taxi

To cause a taxi driver to stop and give one a ride. (To do so, one stands near the curb facing oncoming traffic and raises one's arm as a taxi approaches.) I hailed a taxi so I wouldn't have to lug this stuff all the way home.
See also: hail, taxi
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hail a cab
  • taxi
  • taxi stand
  • walk across
  • walk across (something or some place)
  • thumb a ride
  • taxi rank
  • make a bolt/dash for it/something
  • make a dash for
  • make a dash for (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
The idea was that New Yorkers in all areas of the city could hail a taxi. Rules were put in place to prevent the green taxis from treading on the yellow taxis' toes.
End of the Ride? The yellow taxicab is one of New York's most timeless icons, but the industry is facing a crisis. Can the medallion men survive within a ride-hailing landscape that is changing so rapidly?
He could stand on the street to hail a taxi, but he has grown so accustomed to hailing a cab with his smartphone that he decided it was not worth the hassle.
Life after midnight in China without Didi
I had three choices: go back into the office and sleep under my desk, walk four and a half miles through a number of what the charitable would call "up and coming" areas, or hail a taxi.
All's fare for the drunk at the door
I had three choices: go back into the office and sleep under my desk, walk four-and-ahalf miles through a number of what the charitable would call "up and coming" areas, or hail a taxi.
All's fare for the drunk at the door
"Anyone trying to hail a taxi from midnight on a Friday or Saturday night within the Belfast Zone will be able to do so by waving down established private hire taxi firms rather than having to pre-book.
All taxis can now be hailed at peak times in city centre
According to your sister paper, The Sunday Sun, he had to hail a taxi to take him to a hotel.
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Joe Kinnear's airport arrival leaves Newcastle taxi man wondering
The council's on-going Be Safe, Hail a Taxi, Book a Car campaign explains to people that they can hail hackney carriages but have to pre-book private hire vehicles.
Reminder of taxi safety; CAMPAIGN: Warning after marshalling service ends
The "Drummin'/Taxi" scene uses the irony of Black Humor to express the common condition of present-day African-Americans: Four Black men of diverse style try to hail a taxi on a New York City street: a B-Boy, a student, a Buppie, and a general carrying Colin Powell's autobiography.
Noise/Funk: Fo' real Black theatre on 'Da great White way
A list of the world's 10 worst cities to hail a taxi compiled by industry website tourism-review.
Uber battle rattle Asia's taxis
TRAVELLERS in Belfast will be able to hail a taxi New York-style under new government proposals unveiled yesterday.
Fare deal; WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAIL A CAB .. JUST LIKE NY