0 past simple and past participle of railroad
1 to force something to happen or force someone to do something, especially quickly or unfairly:
We feel that the thing is being hurried and railroaded through.
I entirely agree with his notion of flexibility in order to make sure that nobody feels that he is being railroaded or overruled.
They pass the burden back to local authorities which were railroaded into the construction programmes in the first place.
The idea that that proposal has been railroaded through is untrue.
We do not accept that it should be railroaded through.
I would like to know why these issues have been railroaded through in such a fashion without proper democratic control and proper public debate.
I heard no complaints that people were railroaded into voting against their will.
It cannot be said that this is a rigid, ruthless measure which is being railroaded through.
