Collocations for "rail"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rail" in context.
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rail
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [shower, balcony] rail
- a [metal, PVC, wooden, steel] rail
- hung up the [clothes, jackets] on the rail
- use rails to build a [fence, grid]
- use a rail to hang up [clothes, a shower curtain]
- the [drawer, cupboard] has removable rails
- [train, trolley, subway] rails
- (don't) cross the rails
- don't touch the third rail
- the [wheels, train] came off the rails
- [decided, opted] to travel by rail
- send the [goods, materials, supplies] by rail
- travel by [high-speed, express, intercity] rail
- informal: their [son, daughter] has gone off the rails
- idiom: as skinny as a rail
- [the area, the altar, the scene] was railed off
- rail off [the area]
- they railed the [goods, stores, supplies] in
- rail [services, timetables, travel, operators]
- rail connections to [New York]
- buy a [yearly, monthly] rail pass
- [a rise, an increase] in rail fares
- a high-speed rail line
- stop at a rail crossing
'rail' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):