to train sb to do sth
1train — train1 W2S1 [treın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(railway)¦ 2¦(series)¦ 3 train of thought 4 bring something in its train 5 set something in train 6¦(people/animals)¦ 7¦(dress)¦ 8¦(servants)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; …
2train — ▪ I. train train 1 [treɪn] noun [countable] a number of connected carriages pulled by an engine on a railway line ˈgoods train , ˈfreight train TRANSPORT a train for carrying goods, rather than passengers: • The fuel arrives inside special… …
3train something at somebody — ˈtrain sth at/on sb/sth derived to aim a gun, camera, light, etc. at sb/sth • He carefully trained his gun on the suspect. Main entry: ↑trainderived …
4train something on somebody — ˈtrain sth at/on sb/sth derived to aim a gun, camera, light, etc. at sb/sth • He carefully trained his gun on the suspect. Main entry: ↑trainderived …
5train something at something — ˈtrain sth at/on sb/sth derived to aim a gun, camera, light, etc. at sb/sth • He carefully trained his gun on the suspect. Main entry: ↑trainderived …
6train something on something — ˈtrain sth at/on sb/sth derived to aim a gun, camera, light, etc. at sb/sth • He carefully trained his gun on the suspect. Main entry: ↑trainderived …
7train — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 engine pulling coaches/cars ADJECTIVE ▪ railroad (AmE), railway (BrE) ▪ metro, subway (AmE), tube (BrE), underground (esp. BrE) ▪ …
8train — 1 /treIn/ noun (C) 1 RAILWAY a number of connected carriages pulled by an engine along a railway line: Jeff just missed the six o clock train. (+ to): I caught the early train to Bruges. | by train: It s more relaxing to travel by train. | train… …
9set something in train — british phrase to make something start to happen, especially something important or something that will affect a lot of people This set in train the events leading to the war. Thesaurus: to make something start to exist or happensynonym… …
10bring something in its train — bring sth in its ˈtrain idiom (formal) to have sth as a result • Unemployment brings great difficulties in its train. Main entry: ↑trainidiom …
