Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To replace on the rails, as a derailed locomotive.

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  • verb transitive To replace on the rails.

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Examples

  • Remember John Edwards' desperate attempt to rerail the national political discourse during the Debate Final Four Gravel was there in spirit when Clinton and Obama got a little chippy?

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • To derail from this nearly MeTa-worthy derail and back to the hating on Farmville (a ... rerail?), I'd like to offer the following anecdote:

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

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