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Collocations for cab - noun

ADJECTIVE

taxi
hackney (BrE), hansom
horse-drawn (BrE)

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VERB + cab

go by, take
Let's take a cab.
call (sb), get (sb), hire (esp. AmE), order (sb), phone for (BrE)
I'll call you a cab.
find
We couldn't find a cab anywhere near.
catch, flag, flag down, hail
I tried to hail a cab but none of them would stop.
get into, get out of
drive
pay for, pay off
share
We decided to share a cab.

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cab + VERB

draw up, pull up, stop
The cab pulled up and they got out.
pick sb up, take sb
I ordered a cab to take him home.
arrive
wait
Outside, a cab was waiting.

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cab + NOUN

driver
rank (BrE)
fare
ride

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PREPOSITION

by cab
I came by cab.
in a/the cab
The driver was sitting in his cab.

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PHRASES

the back of a cab
I left my umbrella in the back of the cab.

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