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roughshod

ˈrəfˈʃɑd
WordNet
  1. (adj) roughshod
    unjustly domineering "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies","a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
  2. (adj) roughshod
    (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"
  3. (adj) roughshod
    (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Roughshod
    Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. roughshod
    Shod with shoes armed with points or calks: as, a horse is said to be roughshod when his shoes are roughed or sharpened for slippery roads.
Quotations
Josh Billings
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
Idioms

Ride roughshod - If someone rides roughshod over other people, they impose their will without caring at all for other people's feelings.

Usage in the news

Romney ran roughshod over rules at debate. dailygazette.com

Mission Runs Roughshod Over Edcouch-Elsa To Stay Unbeaten In 2012. team4news.com

Rabid Dawgs' run roughshod over Rams. newsminer.com

Clemson's Andre Ellington runs roughshod over Auburn's defense. al.com

Obama runs roughshod over religious freedom. ashingtonpost.com

Did Big Oil run roughshod over regulators. csmonitor.com

You're running "roughshod" over American people. broadcastengineering.com

Don't let Obama run roughshod over US. islandpacket.com

Bobcats run roughshod over Cougars. mysanantonio.com

Jets set to run roughshod over Bills. espn.go.com

Mustangs run roughshod over Tigers. deseretnews.com

Valley runs roughshod over Ropes. amarillo.com

You're running " roughshod " over American people. broadcastengineering.com

Motorcycle Noise Pollution Runs Roughshod Over Nature. courant.com

Yet those more efficient cars, though they have a lighter touch on our atmosphere, still run roughshod on our asphalt and concrete. bakercityherald.com

Usage in literature

This thing of letting a cur like that run roughshod over a man on account of a girl that didn't care was plumb idiotic. "Rowdy of the Cross L" by B.M. Sinclair, AKA B.M. Bower

A greater sorrow had obliterated her racing passion; had even ridden roughshod over the fear of financial ruin. "Garrison's Finish" by W. B. M. Ferguson

We all make breaks, us fellows that go at everything roughshod. "Big Timber" by Bertrand W. Sinclair

Miss Proctor rode roughshod over the thought-power, and trampled contemptuously on the mind-control. "The Helpmate" by May Sinclair

Nobody ever walks roughshod over Don Pike and gets off without suffering for it. "Frank Merriwell's Reward" by Burt L. Standish

Besides, she runs roughshod over traditions, and all that they imply. "Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College" by Jessie Graham Flower

He rode roughshod over everybody and everything that stood in his way, defiant of opposition, imperious, irrepressible! "Pushing to the Front" by Orison Swett Marden

He rode roughshod over the unities of time, place, and action. "A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles" by Sidney Lee

To this girl he owed his life, and he had repaid the debt by trampling roughshod upon her heart. "The Promise" by James B. Hendryx

He lured her to the sex duel, then trampled down her reserves roughshod. "Brand Blotters" by William MacLeod Raine