jump the track(s)
idiom
US, of a train
: to come off the track
Dozens of people were injured when the train jumped the track.
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In another domestic first, there will also be a Donkey Kong Country with a roller coaster that appears to jump the track.
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Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
The idea was to jump the tracks and for weeks Sylvester scouted different stations with friends throughout the boroughs.
—Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 4 May 2024
That crash caused the engine and first four or five coaches of the Coromandel Express to jump the tracks, topple and hit the last two coaches of the Yeshwantpur-Howrah train heading in the opposite direction at a similar speed on the second main track.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 June 2023
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Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
The idea was to jump the tracks and for weeks Sylvester scouted different stations with friends throughout the boroughs.
—Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 4 May 2024
That crash caused the engine and first four or five coaches of the Coromandel Express to jump the tracks, topple and hit the last two coaches of the Yeshwantpur-Howrah train heading in the opposite direction at a similar speed on the second main track.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 June 2023
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