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
Theophilus	thee-AHF-ə-ləs (English)	Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Farr	[fa:]
Janneke	YAHN-nə-kə	Dutch
NjÖR&Eth;R	-	Norse Mythology
Rosalynne	ROZ-ə-lin	English (Rare)
Dzvonimir	-	Macedonian