railroad

railroad
1. noun
(Amer.) see academic.ru/60118/railway">railway
2. transitive verb
(send or push through in haste)

railroad somebody into doing something — jemanden dazu antreiben, etwas zu tun

railroad a bill through parliament — einen Gesetzentwurf im Parlament durchpeitschen (ugs.)

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noun ((American) a railway.) die Eisenbahn
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ˈrail·road
I. n AM
1. (train track) Schienen pl, Gleise pl; (stretch of track) Strecke f
2. (railway system) [Eisen]bahn f kein pl
II. n modifier AM (bridge, tunnel) [Eisen]bahn-
\railroad accident Eisenbahnunglück nt
\railroad worker Bahnarbeiter(in) m(f)
III. vt
▪ to \railroad sb jdn zwingen
▪ to have been \railroaded into sth gezwungen worden sein, etw zu tun
▪ to \railroad sth etw durchpeitschen fig pej fam
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['reɪlrəʊd]
1. n (US)
(Eisen)bahn f
2. vt
1) (US) goods per or mit der Bahn befördern
2) (inf)

to railroad a bill — eine Gesetzesvorlage durchpeitschen

to railroad sb into doing sth — jdn dazu hetzen, etw zu tun

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railroad [ˈreılrəʊd]
A s US
1. Eisenbahn f:
a) Eisenbahnlinie f
b) Einrichtung oder Unternehmen
2. auch railroad company Eisenbahn(gesellschaft) f
3. pl Eisenbahnaktien pl
B adj US Eisenbahn…:
railroad accident (bridge, etc);
railroad junction (Eisen)Bahn-Knotenpunkt m;
railroad station Bahnhof n;
railroad strike WIRTSCH Eisenbahnerstreik m
C v/t
1. US mit der (Eisen)Bahn befördern
2. US Eisenbahnen bauen in (dat):
railroad a country
3. eine Gesetzesvorlage etc durchpeitschen:
railroad sb into doing sth umg jemanden zwingen, etwas zu tun (ohne ihm Zeit zum Überlegen zu geben)
4. besonders US umg jemanden (durch falsche Beschuldigungen) reinhängen
RR abk
1. US railroad
2. Right Reverend Bischof m … (gefolgt von vollem Namen)
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1. noun
(Amer.) see railway
2. transitive verb
(send or push through in haste)

railroad somebody into doing something — jemanden dazu antreiben, etwas zu tun

railroad a bill through parliament — einen Gesetzentwurf im Parlament durchpeitschen (ugs.)

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(US) n.
Eisenbahn f. (US) station n.
Bahnhof -¨e m. (line) (US) n.
Bahnlinie -n f.

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