railroad through

railroad something through (something)

to force something through some legislative body without due consideration. The committee railroaded the new constitution through the ratification process. Mary felt she could railroad the legislation through.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Viliam	-	Slovak
Irina	ee-REE-nah (Russian), EE-ree-nah (Finnish)	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish, Georgian
Sylvaine	seel-VEN	French
Regin	-	Ancient Germanic
PerpÉTua	-	Portuguese
Abd Allah	‘ahb-DAH:L-lah, ‘ahb-DOOL-lah	Arabic