metros

metro

An underground railway transit system typically serving metropolitan cities. A term more common in Europe, due to the prevalence of such railway systems there. The only place I could afford in Paris was nowhere near the metro, so it takes a long time to commute into work.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

metros

(ˈmɛtroz)
n. the police; the metropolitan police. (Not used in all metropolitan areas.) The metros took ten minutes to get to the scene of the crime, and the entire city is enraged.
See also: metro
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • metro
  • any (one) worth (one's) salt
  • put (something) into use
  • reach to
  • reach to (someone or something)
  • tube it
  • put in service
  • put (something) in service
  • put (something) in use
References in periodicals archive
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was set up jointly by the Government of India and Government of Delhi in May 1995.
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The survey report states that parking lots at almost all Metro stations in and around Connaught Place are poorly- lit though the roads leading to them have adequate lighting.
Night fright for women at 44 Metro stations
That said, industrial structure explains only a small fraction of the difference in employment growth between high- and low-growth metros. If one replaced the industrial structure of the low-growth regions with the industrial structure of the high-growth regions, but kept each group's original sectoral employment growth rates, the overall difference in employment growth between the two groups of metros would shrink by only 18 percent.
Differences in employment growth across metropolitan areas
The papers will relaunch Wednesday using Metro's global newspaper format.
'Metro' Poised to be Latin America's Biggest Newspaper
"By 2014, the network of Metro was just 250 km in the country.
Nagpur Metro one of the greenest metros in India: PM Modi
Addressing the inauguration ceremony via video conference, the Prime Minister said that this metro line will bring employment opportunities for local people in Bahadurgarh.
PM Modi inaugurates Mundka-Bahadurgarh metro line
"Constructional changes require a partial closure of the rail track of the Metro Red Line between Jumeirah Lakes Towers Station and Ibn Battuta Station during weekends (Fridays & Saturdays only) over 10 weeks starting from 28 July up to 14 October 2017," Mohammed Yousef Al Mudharreb, Director of Rail Operation, RTA's Rail Agency has said to Khaleej Times earlier.
Dubai Metro to be partially closed today
Windows development controls provider Syncfusion on Monday announced the release of Metro Studio 1, a suite of over free 600 vector-based, customisable Metro icons.
Syncfusion introduces Metro Studio 1 conjunction with release of Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview