to ride roughshod over somebody or something
to ride roughshod over somebody or something
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to completely ignore what others think, how they feel, or what rights they have
Dialect
British
British
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例
It's riding roughshod over people who are already hard-pressed to take part in society the same way everyone else can.
The government rode roughshod over all opposition to the new measures.
