railroading
present participle ofrailroad
railroad
verb[Tusually+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us/ˈreɪl.roʊd/toforcesomething tohappenorforcesomeone to do something,especiallyquicklyorunfairly:
We were railroadedintosigningtheagreement.
Causing somebody to act
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bouncesomeoneintosomething
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcibly
- holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- railroad
- ramsomethingintosomeone
- ransom
- reduce
- reducesomeonetosomething
- reimpose
- reimposition
- slap
- squeeze
Examplesofrailroading
railroading
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
And modelrailroading, he thinks, is an amusing but somewhat frivolous hobby.
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The road lobby israilroadingthe rail system out of existence and priorities must be sorted out.
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There is no justification forrailroadingit through.
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He israilroadingthe measure through on the basis of what has been given to him by his civil servants.
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In any event, to revert to the point, five years and these traditional stages cannot be calledrailroading.
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Thatrailroadingmade proper parliamentary scrutiny almost impossible.
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Less charitably, it could be described as "railroading".
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Such undertakings do not justify the kind ofrailroadingprocess that is now taking place.
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That was clear evidence of the growing resentment in the smaller unions at the way in which the big, unions have beenrailroadingthem.
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It was an exercise inrailroading.
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Over and over again in other spheres of policy she bitterly complains about parliamentaryrailroading, rushed debate, high-handed government and authoritarian, insensitive administration and legislation, as she sees it.
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All of these products, and more, helped to popularize modelrailroadingand assisted in the creation of a mass-market hobby.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many railfans once worked inrailroading, or had relatives who did, leading to a lifelong interest in trains.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was during the 1950s that the modern emphasis on realism in modelrailroadingstarted to catch on.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Like communications networks today, 19th centuryrailroadingrepresented more than track, stock, and trade.
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- re-mark
- remark
- re-mark
- remarkable
- remarkable ability
- remarkable accomplishment
- remarkable accuracy
- remarkable achievement
- remarkable aspect
- remarkable capacity
- remarkable career
- remarkable clarity
- remarkable coincidence
- favourable condition
- favourable exchange
- favourable impression
- favourable light
- favourable opinion
- favourable outcome
- favourable position
- favourable reception
- favourable result
- favourable tax
- favourable treatment
- favourable view