(South Africa) A carpool; an arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car.
(South Africa) A carpool; an arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car.
The neighbors decided on a lift scheme to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(South Africa) A rideshare group who carpool together.
(UK) The passenger-carrying vehicle in a lift shaft.
Indian English slang for stealing a car — basically grand theft auto in casual everyday language. The term is widely used in Indian news reports, crime dramas, and casual conversation as a shorthand for vehicle theft. 'Lifting' here borrows the general slang sense of stealing (like shoplifting), applied specifically to cars. It's so embedded in Indian English that it shows up in official police records and newspaper headlines without any sense of irony.
(transitive, informal, chiefly US and w:South Africa, South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.