RAILROAD

Meaning of RAILROAD in English

v. To force through; push through by force. The bill was railroaded through the state legislature due to the influence of some very wealthy sponsors.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

RAILROAD — I Mode of land transportation in which flange-wheeled vehicles move over two parallel steel rails or tracks, drawn by a …
Английский словарь Британика
RAILROAD — I. ˈrā(ə)lˌrōd sometimes ˈrāu̇ˌ- or ˈreu̇ˌ- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: rail (II) + road 1. : railway 1, 3 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAILROAD — (v. t.) To carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put through at high speed or in …
Английский словарь Webster
RAILROAD — /rayl"rohd'/ , n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAILROAD — I. ˈrāl-ˌrōd, ˈrel-; ˈre-ˌrōd noun Date: 1825 : a permanent road having a line of rails fixed to ties and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RAILROAD — noun ·alt. of railway. 2. railroad ·add. ·vt to carry or send by railroad; usually ·fig., to send or put …
Webster English vocab
RAILROAD — [rail.road] n (1825): a permanent road having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid on a roadbed and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RAILROAD — mode of land transportation in which flange-wheeled vehicles move over two parallel steel rails, or tracks, either by self-propulsion or …
Britannica English vocabulary
RAILROAD — railroad BrE AmE ˈreɪ ə l rəʊd AmE \ -roʊd ▷ railroad|ed ɪd əd ▷ railroad|ing ɪŋ ▷ railroad|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RAILROAD — / ˈreɪlrəʊd; NAmE -roʊd/ noun , verb ■ noun ( NAmE ) = railway : railroad tracks This town got …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAILROAD — I. rail ‧ road 1 /ˈreɪlrəʊd $ -roʊd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English a railway or the railway: The …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RAILROAD — ( railroads, railroading, railroaded) 1. A railroad is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAILROAD — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. A ~ is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. (AM; …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RAILROAD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES railroad crossing COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN car ▪ There is also an 1830 …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RAILROAD — n. National Railroad Passenger Corp. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Pacific Railroad Erie …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RAILROAD — n. Mode of land transportation in which flange-wheeled vehicles move over two parallel steel rails or tracks, drawn by a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RAILROAD — Synonyms and related words : L, accelerate, branch, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, bundle, bustle, cable railway, coerce, cog railway, compel, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAILROAD — noun Railroad is used before these nouns: ↑ baron , ↑ bridge , ↑ car , ↑ construction , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RAILROAD — 1) железная дорога 2) амер. железнодорожная компания • - access railroad - cable railroad - construction railroad - forest railroad …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
RAILROAD — 1) железная дорога 2) амер. железнодорожная компания • - access railroad - cable railroad - construction railroad - forest railroad - full-gage railroad - logging railroad - narrow-gage railroad - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
RAILROAD — железнодорожный, железная дорога electric traction on railroad — электрификация железных дорог railroad facilities and management — ж.-д. хозяйство железнодорожное - access railroad - Baykal-Amur …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RAILROAD — 1) железная дорога 2) строить железную дорогу, прокладывать рельсовый путь • - access railroad - all-freight railroad - belt line railroad - belt railroad - branch railroad - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
RAILROAD — 1) амер. железная дорога [c crimson]|| перевозить по железной дороге 2) pl железнодорожная сеть 3) pl акции железнодорожных компаний - …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
RAILROAD — железная дорога - access railroad - class I railroad - commuter railroad - forest railroad - narrow-gauge railroad - tube …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAILROAD — rilis
English-Visayan vocabulary
RAILROAD — I. noun Date: 1825 a permanent road having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid on a roadbed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RAILROAD — (n.) Alt. of Railway
Английский словарь Webster
RAILROAD — ( n. ) Alt. of Railway
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RAILROAD — v. transport via locomotive, convey by train
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RAILROAD — n. path for a train made of parallel metal tracks
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RAILROAD — n. railroad flat railroad worm Underground Railroad
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RAILROAD — n. Function: transitive verb Date: 1877 1 a : to convict with undue haste and by means of false charges …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RAILROAD — n. Pronunciation: ' r ā l- ˌ r ō d, ' rel-; ' re- ˌ r ō d Function: noun …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RAILROAD — ■ noun North American term for railway . ■ verb informal 1》 rush or coerce (someone) into doing something. ↘cause …
Concise Oxford English vocab
RAILROAD — n. & v. --n. esp. US = RAILWAY. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by to, into, through, etc.) rush or coerce …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RAILROAD — n. & v. n. esp. US = RAILWAY. v.tr. 1 (often foll. by to, into, through, etc.) rush or coerce …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RAILROAD — n. & v. --n. esp. US RAILWAY. --v.tr. 1. (often foll. by to, into, through, etc.) rush or coerce (a …
Oxford English vocab
RAILROAD — (TRAIN), abbreviation RR [noun] [C] - US for railway
Cambridge English vocab
RAILROAD — {v.} To force through; push through by force. * /The bill was railroaded through the state legislature due to the …
Slang English vocab
RAILROAD — Classification: Borough Located in: Pennsylvania (PA) Total Population (2000): 300 Total Housing Units (2000): 116 Land Area (square meters): 1623054 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
RAILROAD — n. Railway.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
RAILROAD — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
RAILROAD — I n. ( esp. AE ) 1) to manage, run, operate a ~ 2) a double-track; elevated; single-track ~ 3) …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
RAILROAD — n. 1 See railway, below. v. 2 force, compel, expedite, coerce, intimidate, push (through), Brit pressurize, US pressure, bully, hector, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RAILROAD — {v.} To force through; push through by force. * /The bill was railroaded through the state legislature due to the …
Словарь английских идиом
RAILROAD — push a plan, force a person No, I didn't want to resign. I was railroaded into it!
English Idioms vocab
RAILROAD — push a plan, force a person No, I didn't want to resign. I was railroaded into it!
English Idioms vocabulary
RAILROAD — Железнодорожный транспорт
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RAILROAD — (n) акции железнодорожных компаний; железная дорога
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
RAILROAD — v. перевозить по железной дороге; строить железную дорогу; ловко и быстро протолкнуть, ловко и быстро провернуть; посадить в тюрьму по …
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RAILROAD — n. железная дорога, железнодорожный путь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RAILROAD — v. перевозить по железной дороге; строить железную дорогу; ловко и быстро протолкнуть, ловко и быстро провернуть; посадить в тюрьму по …
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RAILROAD — n. железная дорога, железнодорожный путь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
RAILROAD — jargon посадить в тюрьму, сумасшедший дом и т. п. по ложному обвинению путешествовать по железной дороге перевозить или посылать по железной дороге строить …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь

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