roughshod

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1. roughshod - Adjective

2. roughshod - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.

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This essential principle of our Constitutional Republic is being ridden roughshod over by imperial Washington, which bullies local governments into accepting its illegal and unconstitutional policies. Ron Paul

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

You can't contain an organization that is running roughshod through that much territory, causing that much havoc, displacing that many people, killing that many innocents, enslaving that many women. The goal has to be to dismantle them. Barack Obama

You want to have fun with your kids, and no one has fun with someone who runs roughshod. Anna Quindlen

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

The more humble a man is before God, the more he will be exalted the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod. Josh Billings

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