I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a critic hails sth/sb as sth (= describes someone or something as very good )
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Critics hailed the film as a brilliant portrayal of American society at that time.
a hail/volley of bullets (= a lot of bullets fired all together )
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Officers were met by a hail of bullets from the house.
be hailed (as) a hero (= people say you are a hero )
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He was hailed a hero after saving the young girl’s life.
hail a cab written (= wave to make a cab stop for you )
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Martin put his hand out and hailed a cab.
hail a taxi (= wave or call to a taxi to stop for you to get in )
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I rushed outside and hailed a taxi.
Hail Mary pass
Hail Mary
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hail the size of golf balls fell in Andrews, Texas.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A distant cousin had once ended up in the hail .
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He advanced again, but was driven back by a hail of blows.
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Houses collapse, hail shatters windshields, lightning fries golfers.
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She conducted me from the hail .
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She ran him off in a hail of pellets.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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This was hailed as historic at the time - as a giant contribution towards a peaceful settlement of the Middle East.
■ NOUN
cab
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She raised her hand to hail a cab but the Paris traffic was zooming by at its usual break-neck pace.
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CabCharge customers can phone or hail cabs displaying a distinctive blue decal.
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McCready waited ten minutes, strolled to the cab rank on Tunistrasse and hailed a cab for Bonn.
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He hailed a cab and went to the Montrose.
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He walked quickly, getting three streets clear, then hailed a cab .
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So hail that cab and don't forget the driver won't know the way, he only lives here.
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You can hail a black cab on the companies.
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A couple of minutes later I hailed a cab and was on my way to Heathrow.
decision
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Conservation groups hailed the decision as enlightened, and there was little criticism from the fishing industry.
hero
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When Finubar returned to Ulthuan he was hailed as a great hero .
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Rodgers, hailed none the less as a hero in papers across the country, was renowned for being taciturn.
success
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Estelle Morris, the school standards minister, hailed the success of the inspections, introduced by the government in 1997.
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This was hailed as a success by the Energy Minister.
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The first auction was held on Jan. 26 and was hailed as a great success .
taxi
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Rachel left the office and ran out on to Des Voeux, hailing a taxi to take her home.
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He wanted it all to go smoothly right down to hailing a taxi .
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Not to be denied, at least a dozen fans hailed waiting taxis and set off in pursuit.
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Converse walked the several blocks to Pasteur Street and hailed a taxi , taking care not to signal with the Offending Gesture.
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At the third attempt I gave up and hailed a taxi .
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Mark hailed a taxi and they were away.
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He hailed a taxi , directed it to First Avenue and Sixty-third Street.
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Tony hailed a black taxi sailing past and they leapt into the back.
triumph
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The surprise payment was hailed as a triumph by the receivers of the Belfast car company which collapsed ten years ago.
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If it is confirmed by longer and larger clinical trials, this will rightly be hailed as a scientific triumph .
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The popular press hailed this triumph of law over anarchic visions of order.
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The birth is being hailed as a triumph for the zoo's breeding programme.
victory
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He will not be around to hail victory .
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Were the unknown planet p' to be discovered, it would be hailed as a new victory of Newtonian science.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Induction cooking has been hailed by many as the cooking revolution.
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Only these taxis should be hailed in the streets.
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Rachel left the office and ran out on to Des Voeux, hailing a taxi to take her home.
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She raised her hand to hail a cab but the Paris traffic was zooming by at its usual break-neck pace.
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Some would prefer to be hailing New Jersey Sen.
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The 2-hour meeting was hailed by some as the beginning of the end of the crisis.
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Two decades later, it was home to more than 100 boys and was hailed as a model facility for troubled youth.