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roughshod

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rough·shod  (rfshd)
adj.
1. Shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points to prevent slipping.
2. Marked by brutal force: Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
Idiom:
ride roughshod over
To treat with brutal force: a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.

roughshod
Adverb
ride roughshod over to act with complete disregard for
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.roughshod - (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
shod, shodden, shoed - wearing footgear
2.roughshodroughshod - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
3.roughshod - unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
domineering - tending to domineer
Translations
Spanish roughshod [ˈrʌfʃɔd] adv to ride roughshod over [+ person] → pisotear a [+ objections]; hacer caso omiso de
French roughshod [ˈrʌfʃɔd] adv to ride roughshod over → ne tenir aucun compte de
German roughshod [ˈrʌfʃɔd] rough adv to ride roughshod over → sich rücksichtslos hinwegsetzen über +acc
Italian roughshod [ˈrʌfʃɔd] adv to ride roughshod over [+ person] → mettere sotto i piedi [+ objection]; passare sopra a

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Mr Swiveller was so much confounded by the single gentleman riding roughshod over him at this rate, that he stood looking at him almost as hard as he had looked at Miss Sally.
He's so absent-minded and goodnatured, he lets those boys ride over him roughshod.
I must not interfere too much and get myself a name for riding over the country's laws and the citizen's rights roughshod.
 
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