The committee railroaded the new constitution through the ratification process.
•Mary felt she could railroad the legislation through.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
railroad through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms railroad through : present tense I/you/we/they railroad through he/she/it railroads through present participle railroading through past tense railroaded through past participle railroaded through informal… … English dictionary
railroad through — ˌrailroad ˈthrough [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they railroad through he/she/it railroads through present participle railroading through … Useful english dictionary
railroad — ▪ I. railroad rail‧road 1 [ˈreɪlrəʊd ǁ roʊd] noun [countable] 1. TRANSPORT a railway: • a railroad company 2. the railroad all the work, equipment etc connected with a train system … Financial and business terms
railroad — I UK [ˈreɪlˌrəʊd] / US [ˈreɪlˌroʊd] noun [countable] Word forms railroad : singular railroad plural railroads American 1) railroad or railroad track the metal track that trains travel on 2) [often singular] a railway system a) a railway company… … English dictionary
railroad — [[t]re͟ɪlroʊd[/t]] railroads, railroading, railroaded 1) N COUNT A railroad is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. [AM] ...railroad tracks that led to nowhere... The railroad finally reached Santa Barbara in 1877 … English dictionary
railroad system — Broadly, the aggregation or network of railroads of the United States physically connected for the interchange of business. Texas & Pacific R. Co. v Gulf, C. & S. F. R. Co. 270 US 266, 70 L Ed 578, 46 S Ct 263. In another sense, an operating… … Ballentine's law dictionary
New York Central Railroad — New York Central system as of 1918 Reporting mark NYC … Wikipedia
Boston and Lowell Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=Boston and Lowell Railroad system map size=300 map caption=Map of the Southern Division as it was in 1887, just before it was leased by the Boston and Maine Railroad, including the original Boston to Lowell mainline … Wikipedia
Usage of the terms railroad and railway — The terms railroad and railway generally describe the same thing, a guided means of land transport, designed to be used by trains, for transporting passengers and freight. Etymologically both words derive from Old English; a road being something… … Wikipedia
Western and Atlantic Railroad — The Western and Atlantic Railroad (W A) is a historic railroad that operated in the southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia [http://oldrailhistory.com/index.php?option=com content task=view id=333 Itemid=369 (map)] to Chattanooga,… … Wikipedia
Quilts of the Underground Railroad — Since the late 1980s, a theory has been advanced that slaves utilized quilt blocks to alert other slaves about escape plans during the time of the Underground Railroad (approximately 1780 1860).Promotion of the TheoryThis theory was promoted in… … Wikipedia
