You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for March 6.

Today’s word is rail, spelled r-a-i-l.

rail1 /reɪl/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal

to complain angrily about something, especially something that you think is very unfair

Here’s the word used in a sentence:

He railed against/at the injustices of the system.

Consumers rail against the way companies fix prices.

Merriam-Webster’s Example:

Students railed about a longer school year.

go off the rails informal

to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally

At 17 he suddenly went off the rails and started stealing.

Sport saved them from going off the rails as youngsters.

He went off the rails in his first year at university.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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