RAILROAD


Meaning of RAILROAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ reɪlroʊd ]

( railroads, railroading, railroaded)

1.

A railroad is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. ( AM; in BRIT, use railway )

...railroad tracks that led to nowhere...

N-COUNT

2.

A railroad is a company or organization that operates railway routes. ( AM; in BRIT, use railway )

...The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.

N-COUNT

3.

If you railroad someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them.

He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new ‘independent’ states...

He railroaded the reforms through.

VERB : V n into n / -ing , V n through

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