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railroad

/ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/ fiil C2
  1. To transport via railroad. (transitive)
  2. To operate a railroad. (intransitive) · The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.
  3. To work for a railroad. (intransitive) · She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific.
  4. To travel by railroad. (intransitive)
  5. To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads. (intransitive)
  6. To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution. (transitive) · The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
  7. To convict of a crime by circumventing due process. (transitive) · They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
  8. To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement. (transitive) · He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.

He/she/it railroads · Geçmiş zaman railroaded · Üçüncü hâl (past participle) railroaded · -ing biçimi railroading

Fiil biçimleri

Yalın hâl
railroad
He/she/it
railroads
Geçmiş zaman
railroaded
Üçüncü hâl (past participle)
railroaded
-ing biçimi
railroading

Kütüphaneden

An hour later Holmes, Lestrade and I stood upon the Underground railroad at the point where it emerges from the tunnel immediately before Aldgate Station.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, s. 13 · B2
“The branch railroad will be built to Carmody by that time.”
Anne of Green Gables, s. 263 · C1
Danglars was engaged at that moment, presiding over a railroad committee.
The Count of Monte Cristo, s. 473 · C1
Matters were made worse by the railroad companies themselves, each of which kept its own time; some large stations reportedly displayed several clocks, each showing a different hour.
The Day the Clocks Changed, s. 1 · C2

Diğer sonuçlar

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