"ride the rails" meaning in All languages combined

See ride the rails on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-ride the rails.ogg Forms: rides the rails [present, singular, third-person], riding the rails [participle, present], rode the rails [past], ridden the rails [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ride<,,rode,ridden> the rails}} ride the rails (third-person singular simple present rides the rails, present participle riding the rails, simple past rode the rails, past participle ridden the rails)
  1. (idiomatic) To travel by railway train, trolley, etc. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-ride_the_rails-en-verb-QHIYl1DN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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