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ride roughshod over

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ride roughshod over (third-person singular simple present rides roughshod over, present participle riding roughshod over, simple past rode roughshod over, past participle ridden roughshod over)

(transitive, idiomatic) To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something).
Synonym: run roughshod over

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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I don't want foreign policy developed just by one party and ride roughshod over the other party. Charles H. Percy

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals. Jay Griffiths

Mining is a fact of life in B.C., but that doesn’t mean we have to accept mining practices that ride roughshod over community rights and threaten clean water. Source: Internet

They have allowed their emotions to ride roughshod over the principles of the same democratic tenets they fight for and justify the abuse of the rule of law basing on outside parameters. Source: Internet

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