English

Alternative forms

• run roughshod over

Verb

ride roughshod over

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To treat roughly or without care, respect, moderation, or control; to act in a bullying manner toward; to damage.
   • 1901, Henry B. Fuller, Under the Skylights, ch. 6:

     He was brusque; he often rode roughshod over feminine sensibilities.

   • 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, ch. 11:

     We'll teach these magnates that they cannot ride roughshod over the rights of the commoners, confound them!

   • 2001 June 25, Michael Fathers, "Demystifying a Demagogue," Time:

     He was a selfish, untalented and unprincipled man who rode roughshod over his mother.

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