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rail

Definition

  • noun: a bar that goes from one post or support to another and that is used to form a barrier
  • noun: a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier
  • verb: to use rails to create a barrier around or at the edge of (something)
  • verb: to provide with a 'railing'
  • verb: to revile or scold in harsh, insolent, or abusive language
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: course, railing, scoff

Examples

  • He was a promising student but he 'went off the rails' after he started taking drugs.

  • The train went off the 'rails'. = ('chiefly Brit') The train jumped the 'rails'.

  • The workers 'railed' about the unfair treatment they'd received.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) All right, let's everyone take a break! You feelin' a little better? Yeah, I'm fine. Whoa! Grab the rail. Or don't. You've got three options. Hang there and I'll forget your cowardice. Fall and die. (..)
    2014 Divergent