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Definition of rail verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

rail

verb

NAmE//reɪl//

[intransitive, transitive] rail (at/against something/somebody) + speech (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rail

he / she / it rails

past simple railed

-ing form railing

to complain about something or someone in a very angry way synonym rage She railed against the injustice of it all.

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