adverb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ride roughshod over sth
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Marshall accused the court of riding roughshod over individual rights.
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Critics claim that certain powerful interests are able to ride roughshod over plans and competitors.
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He was readily obeyed, even when he outraged the sensibilities of the privileged and rode roughshod over their traditional rights.
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I told them they should be riding roughshod over whoever compiled tha bus and send them to Stavropol Territory right now.
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In particular it has attempted to take on board community aspirations and local authority plans rather than ride roughshod over local wishes.
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Instead they set out to ride roughshod over the legislative branch, attempting to govern without congress rather than with it.
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Recent weeks have seen it ride roughshod over ostrich breeders, society con artists, champagne fraudsters and the occasional fallen tycoon.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If he thought he could trample roughshod over her plans, just as he pleased, he had a lot to learn.
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In particular it has attempted to take on board community aspirations and local authority plans rather than ride roughshod over local wishes.
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Instead they set out to ride roughshod over the legislative branch, attempting to govern without congress rather than with it.