railroadnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us/ˈreɪl.roʊd/US UK railway, written abbreviation RRthe metal tracks on which trains run:
We live close to the railroad line.
She travelled across Siberia on the Trans-Siberian railroad.
A2 the system of tracks, stations, trains, etc.:
a railroad station/timetable/siding
Thomas Grant worked on the railroad(s) for 50 years.
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- We see that freight railroads make good profits while rendering excellent service.
- The railroads have lost a lot of business to trucking companies.
- The bridge carries the railroad across the river.
- The book discusses the decline of the railroads in the United States.
- It was the worst railroad disaster in Indian history.
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Railways & railway lines
- Amtrak
- artery
- barrier
- buffer
- cable railway
- funicular
- grade crossing
- junction
- light railway
- metro
- monorail
- narrow-gauge
- point
- railroad tie
- rapid-transit
- signal
- subway
- switch
- switchback
- track
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railroadverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us/ˈreɪl.roʊd/to force something to happen or force someone to do something, especially quickly or unfairly:
We were railroaded into signing the agreement.
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Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- force sb's hand idiom
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- push
- reduce sb to sth
- screw
- shanghai
- slap
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
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