What do you say when you want to leave a taxi?

The polite thing to do when leaving a taxi is to say thank you and/or goodbye. As “goodbye” is different depending on if you are the party staying or leaving, the “goodbye” the driver will say to you will be different than the “goodbye” you say to the driver.



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Stop Here or Stop here, please is fine, especially if both of you are speaking English as a second language.

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Questions and Statements: Passenger
  1. ?I need to get to the airport. You can tell a taxi driver where you want to go by using the sentence pattern I need to get to + PLACE. ...
  2. ?Can you take me to the library on Rose Street? ...
  3. ?Can you drop me off in the city center?


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The questions for that might be the following: I'm at (address) or Could you send the taxi to (address)? and I'd like/need to go to (address) or Please, take me to (address). Don't forget to ask about the fare by asking, How much will that cost? or How much is the fare? The taxi operator might also ask if ...

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It's a bit unusual to say catch a taxi, because taxis aren't scheduled. We'd normally say 'hail' or 'get' to refer to calling a taxi.

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The famous London taxis are actually called 'hackney carriages' but in London we just call them 'black cabs/taxis'. London taxi drivers have to pass a special exam called the Knowledge to get their license so if you take a black cab, you can be sure the driver will know the way.

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There's no need to shout “taxi” and indeed, it's actually illegal to shout “taxi” whilst trying to hail a cab.

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If you've ever hailed a taxi before, then doing so here in London is effectively the same thing – just stand on the curb, raise and hold out your arm towards a black cab that's approaching and will pass you and wait for it to stop (you don't have to whistle!).

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GRAMMAR: Patterns with taxi• You say get in a taxi: He got in a taxi and left. ?Don't say: get on a taxi• You say get out of a taxi: Two women got out of the taxi. ?Don't say: get off a taxi• You say that someone is in a taxi: I read my notes while I was in the taxi.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cab driver, such as: cabbie, cabby, cabman, hack, hackman, and hacky.

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Stop Here or Stop here, please is fine, especially if both of you are speaking English as a second language.

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