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subway

[ suhb-wey ]

noun

  1. alsocalledcomma especially British, tube, underground. an underground electric railroad, usually in a large city.
  2. Chiefly British. a short tunnel or underground passageway for pedestrians, automobiles, etc.; underpass.


verb (used without object)

  1. to be transported by a subway:

    We subwayed uptown.

subway

/ ˈ²õÊŒ²úËŒ·É±ðɪ /

noun

  1. an underground passage or tunnel enabling pedestrians to cross a road, railway, etc
  2. an underground passage or tunnel for traffic, electric power supplies, etc
  3. an underground railway
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of subway1

First recorded in 1820–30; sub- + way 1
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Odenkirk stops in a bank after our meal because he’d given his last few dollars to a mariachi in the subway.

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“Being inside Good Neighbor Bar is like riding the subway a month after 9/11,†he said.

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I was glad I was wearing sneakers because I ended up running from the subway station to the midtown Manhattan building.

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The country can't build two miles of subway in New York without taking 40 years, and we see stuff like — we're millions of houses short — to build affordable housing, that seems impossible.

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Beyond pointing to the scandals, they criticized Cuomo for cutting city services, neglecting the subway system and only recently becoming a full-time resident after decades of living elsewhere, The Times reported.

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