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ride the rails

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To travel by railway train, trolley, etc.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Svenskatågluffa

Examples

“He had bummed his way around the West riding the rails.”
Many of New York's most celebrated personalities hitch-hiked here, or rode the rails from wherever it was that they spent their youth dreaming ambitiously.”
There are a number of variables in the trip from Manhattan that you should weigh when deciding whether to ride the rails ($7 to $12), hop a bus ($13) or spring for a taxi (roughly $45, with toll and tip).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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