I hail a cop vs I hailed a cop

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I hail a cop' is in the present tense, while 'I hailed a cop' is in the past tense. The choice between them depends on whether the action of hailing the cop is happening now or already took place.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 702 views

I hail a cop

This phrase is correct in the present tense when referring to the action of hailing a cop that is happening now.

Use 'I hail a cop' when you want to express the act of hailing a cop in the present moment.

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I race across the street, I hail a cab, and it's about 10:40.
So I jump out of bed in my pyjamas, I grab my raincoat, I run downstairs, I run out in the street and I hail a cab.
So I hail the European Parliament directive which recognizes that.
I hail from the rural German of Lower Saxony.
Man, try to hail a cab in Manhattan.
He hails a taxi by himself, like a thief.
We don't hail a cab.
Her next move was to hail a taxi.
Two hours trying to hail a cab.
Mr President, I hail from a country abounding in water and I also have my home in Amsterdam near water.
Mr President, this enlargement project is to the little country I hail from, Denmark, a matter of national pride.
Other countries, for example the one I hail from, do not apply this facility.
I hail from one country where the situation is unsatisfactory, but where attempts are being made to find a solution.
In the islands I hail from, it is the main industry.
A woman who has been dead for seven years hails a taxi, kills the driver, and then...
Go home, I'll hail a cab.
There's money in your bag, go and hail a taxi.
Any rarer, it'd walk out of here and hail a cab.
Last night I tried to hail a cab in a $1,200 suit.
I was running late so I decided to hail a cab.

Alternatives:

I am hailing a cop
I will hail a cop

I hailed a cop

This phrase is correct in the past tense when referring to the action of hailing a cop that already occurred.

Use 'I hailed a cop' when you want to talk about hailing a cop that happened in the past.

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I hailed a cab for him a few times, but he didn't talk much.
On the way home, I hailed a cab using only the power of my mind.
So I hopped on the subway to grand central, And then I hailed a cab from there, And then just now outside I pretended
Saw crates being thrown overboard, hailed a warning.
Probably hailed a cab uptown by now.
Hailed a cab, took her home.
In my blind and furious grief I hailed down dreadful punishments upon you.
The anti-smuggling alliance between the EU and cigarette giant Phillip Morris has been hailed a success by a Parliamentary draft report adopted on 12 September.
He hailed a cab and when it pulled up to the kerb, he jumped in front of it.
I hailed i firs so i is mine!
The anti-smuggling alliance between the EU and cigarette giant Phillip Morris has been hailed a success by a Parliamentary draft report adopted on 12 September.
And all you know for sure, right now, is the guy hailed a cab at 73rd and Broadway.
So, I popped out on the street, hailed a cab, and came right here.
My uncle once slapped a cop.
This guy knowingly laid hands on a cop.
The guy killed a cop today.
Nobody said anything about killing a cop.
And how to push a cop's buttons.
Vandemann thought you were a cop.
And grind a cop if something doesn't happen soon.

Alternatives:

I have hailed a cop
I was hailing a cop

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