taxi ride

collocation in English

meaningsoftaxiandride

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taxi
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtæk.si/us
/ˈtæk.si/
a car with a driver who you pay to take ...
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ride
noun[C]
uk
/raɪd/us
/raɪd/
a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in ...
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(Definition oftaxiandridefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftaxi ride

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There are schemes whereby people pay £1 and can have ataxirideto the value of £10.
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She is then turned out into the street and has to take a £2taxirideback to her home.
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It took me a £10taxirideto get from the nearest station to the hotel.
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I remember well ataxirideto the airport from a conference during which the driver confided in me that he had been hijacked no fewer than 16 times.
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From the water taxi dock, it's only a few minutetaxirideto the bus stop known as el cruce.
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Once completed, the team would receive a freetaxirideto the train station.
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Huludao, a shorttaxirideaway, also features high speed and other rail lines and additional bus routes that make the area quite accessible.
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The post-firingtaxiridemerely takes the candidate around the block to allow their taxi interview to be filmed.
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From the metro station the park is a less than 1 km; walk or take a very shorttaxirideto it.
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They took their name from the experience had by passengers hearing their music on ataxiride.
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Ataxiridecosts approximately 10 or slightly more.
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I have said that we ought to get away from the idea that houses are like ice cream or taxi rides, for buying and selling.
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We must cease to regard houses as things like ice creams, to be bought and sold, or taxi rides, and to treat them with a much greater degree of respect.
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For rides given by personal drivers, the cost is 30% lower than taxi rides.
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This resulted in significantly lower access to legal taxi rides for people in outer boroughs.
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In the early '30s some members of the bob club started taking guests along for taxi rides; today they run with slightly modified racing bobs.
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