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Julia Huong
2022-04-19 10:04
Railroad (one) into (something) phrasal verb informal
To force someone into doing something hurriedly.
He railroaded me into going to her home with him.
The more I railroaded him into explaning the divorce, the more he refused to speak.
His wife railroaded him into accepting that job although he didn't like it.
To compel someone to do something
1. Force someone to swallow something
2. Force or try to make someone accept, endure, or agree with something unpleasant
By physical strength or brute force
A demonstration of power or capability to warn or to intimidate an opponent by display of a great numbers of people and / or resources
1. To make someone do something using force or threats
2. To intentionally underperform to deceive and take advantage of someon
The verb "railroal" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
