to railroad
- verb
- /ˈreɪlˌrɔrd/
- Archaic
- They used the train to railroad supplies to the remote village after the flood.
Examples
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The company plans to railroad the new products to stores across the country by the end of the month.
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We need to railroad the shipment of goods to meet the customer demand this week.
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Supposing Mr. Cates had the influence and the lung power to railroad through the state legislature a law saying that only Darwin could be taught in school?
Synonyms
To send goods by ship, train, or plane
To travel by train
Compounds
Secret network that helped enslaved people escape to free states and Canada
- Specialized
A heavy wooden or concrete beam laid across railway tracks to hold rails in place
A long line of connected cars that runs on tracks and carries people or goods
An apartment with all rooms in a row connected by doors, often with no hallway
- Specialized
A short extra track beside the main track where trains stop to let other trains pass
A station at the end of a train line where trains load or unload people and goods
A low plant with long spreading stems and bright purple flowers that grows on coastal sand dunes
Surface Forms
Etymology
This sense of railroad comes from using the railroad to move things; to railroad goods or people is to send them by train. That is why the verb means 'to transport by railroad'.