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train wreck
[trein-rek]
noun
an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
Slang.a person who has experienced a personal failure, disaster, etc.
Slang.a disastrous situation, occurrence, or process.
His football career has been a train wreck.
train wreck
noun
an incident in which a train is severely damaged
informalsomething or someone that has suffered ruin or calamity
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of train wreck1
Example Sentences
Later, Brandon Nimmo reached base on a train wreck of a defensive play by the Dodgers, allowing the Mets to score and take a 5-4 lead.
Noem said his rival Trzaskowski was "an absolute train wreck of a leader".
“The Palos Verdes peninsula … has been witnessing what I call a slow-moving train wreck,” Muratsuchi testified at an Emergency Management Committee hearing last month.
Umpires call it a train wreck, a play that results in a horrific collision through no fault of the baserunner or fielder.
“It’s so obvious he’s destroying our basic rights with no regard for the rule of law. He’s a train wreck.”
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