RAILROAD


Meaning of RAILROAD in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

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

...~ tracks that led to nowhere...

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2.

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

...The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.

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3.

If you ~ 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 ~ed the rest of Europe into recognising the new ‘independent’ states...

He ~ed the reforms through.

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

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