Meaning & use
Roughshod
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Acting with careless disregard for the rights, feelings, or opinions of others, especially in a forceful or domineering way.
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The new manager rode roughshod over the team's objections and pushed the plan through anyway.
Critics accused the developer of going roughshod over the neighborhood's zoning concerns.
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Originally described a horse shod with nail-studded horseshoes for better grip, hence the sense of trampling forcefully over obstacles.
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