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railroad

Definition

  • noun: a system of tracks on which trains travel
  • noun: a permanent road having a line of 'rails' fixed to ties and laid on a roadbed and providing a track for cars or equipment drawn by locomotives or propelled by self-contained motors
  • verb: to force (something) to be officially approved or accepted without much discussion or thought
  • verb: to convict with undue haste and by means of false charges or insufficient evidence
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: railway, rail, road

Examples

  • the history of 'railroading' [=of trains, railroads, the people who work on them, etc.]

  • He worked as a 'railroader' [=a person who works for a railroad company] all his life.

  • a controversial law that is being 'railroaded through' Congress

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Now you're behaving like a taxpayer. How did we ever stand each other in that plane for three years during the war? I guess I'll go over to the railroad station, check on Thorwald's story. Forget about the story. Find the trunk. Mrs. Thorwald's in it. Oh, I almost forgot. There was (..)
    1954 Rear Window
  • (..) Oh, the building superintendent and two tenants. Flat statements, no hesitation. They jibe to the letter. Thorwalds were on their way to the railroad station. Well now, Tom, how could anybody possibly guess that? What, did they have signs on their luggage saying, ''Grand Central or bust?'' (..)
    1954 Rear Window