RAILROAD

Meaning of RAILROAD in English

push a plan, force a person

No, I didn't want to resign. I was railroaded into it!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских 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 — v. To force through; push through by force. The bill was railroaded through the state legislature due to the influence …
American Idioms English 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 …
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