run roughshod over someone or something
- run roughshod over someone or something
ride roughshod over someone or something & run roughshod over someone or something
Fig. to treat someone or something with disdain or scorn. •
Tom seems to ride roughshod over his friends.
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You shouldn't have come into our town to ride roughshod over our laws and our traditions.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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