Meaning of railroad In English

• 0 the metal tracks on which trains run:

  • We live close to the railroad line.

  • She travelled across Siberia on the Trans-Siberian railroad.

  • a railroad station/timetable/siding

  • Thomas Grant worked on the railroad(s) for 50 years.

• 1 to force something to happen or force someone to do something, especially quickly or unfairly:

  • We were railroaded into signing the agreement.

• 2 a system of transportation using special vehicles whose wheels turn on metal bars fixed to the ground, or a particular company using such a system:

  • railroad tracks

  • a railroad station

  • the Pennsylvania Railroad

• 3 to force something to happen or force someone to do something, esp. quickly and unfairly:

  • We feel that our client was railroaded into pleading guilty.

• 4 a system of tracks that trains travel along:

  • A potential client turned down the site because it isn't near a railroad.

  • a railroad car/track/bridge, etc. Downtown is bordered at one end by railroad tracks, the other end by a bayou.

  • a railroad depot/station

• 5 the companies, work, and people involved in transporting people and goods by train:

  • We understand the railroads need to make a profit.

  • After dropping out of school, he worked on the railroad.

• 6 to force somebody to do or accept something without allowing them to refuse:

  • railroad sb into doing sth We felt we were being railroaded into accepting a deal.

  • railroad sb into sth We could be railroaded into a merger.

  • Unfortunately, this scheme is being railroaded through Westminster under the pretext of immigration control.