(US, slang) To travel illicitly by clinging to the supporting rods under a freight train.

plural of truss rod

(idiomatic) The means of one's own punishment or downfall.

Alternative form of rod for one's back

(archaic, idiomatic) To prepare a particular punishment or penalty to be applied in the future.

To rule with stern severity.

Alternative form of hook, line and sinker

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rain stair rods

Alternative form of come down in stair rods

simple past tense and past participle of rain stair rods