taxi

hail a cab

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.) It's so crowded here that I'm having a hard time hailing a cab. I hailed a cab so I wouldn't have to lug this stuff all the way home.
See also: hail

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

taxi rank

A designated area on the street, as outside an airport, where one can find a cab for hire. Primarily heard in UK. A: "Come on, the taxi rank is just up ahead." B: "I can't lug these bags all the way over there!" She told me there's a taxi rank right outside the tube station, so we should be able to get a ride no problem.
See also: rank, taxi

taxi stand

A designated area on the street, as outside an airport, where one can find a cab for hire. A: "Come on, the taxi stand is just up ahead." B: "I can't lug these bags all the way over there!" She told me there's a taxi stand right outside the train station, so we should be able to get a ride no problem.
See also: stand, taxi

Tijuana Taxi

dated slang Code for a marked police car used on citizens band (CB) radio, especially by long-haul truckers. Anyone got their ears on? Just spotted a Tijuana Taxi off the junction to I-75. A: "Watch out for Tijuana Taxis heading into Derby City." B: "10-4."
See also: taxi
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hail a cab

 and hail a taxi
to signal to a taxi that you want to be picked up. See if you can hail a cab. I don't want to walk home in the rain.
See also: hail
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

Tijuana taxi

(ˈtiəwɑnɑ ˈtæksi)
n. a police car. (Citizens band radio.) There’s a Tijuana taxi back a few cars watching you awful close.
See also: taxi
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hail a cab
  • hail a taxi
  • taxi stand
  • taxi rank
  • turn into a pumpkin
  • so do I
  • so does (one)
  • knock (one) into (the middle of) next week
  • knock someone into the middle of next week
  • in transit
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Easy Taxi's services launched in Karachi
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