cab off the rank
nounEtymology
Figurative reference to cabs at a taxi rank, which wait in a line for passengers, the frontmost cab departing first.
Definitions
Something fitting or occurring at a specified point in a series.
- The Boys Next Door […] were as likely a prospect as the Australian new wave was going to throw up, could have been and in many ways were the next cab off the rank after the Saints and Radio Birdman, Australia's twin prophets of punk.
- Once again I left Jason's office in high spirits. First cab off the rank was to pay off the LAND card and I intended to do it straightaway, like ripping off a band-aid.
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