Meanings of ride roughshod in English

No government has a right to ride roughshod over their moral opposition.

He knew when to defer and when to ride roughshod to his end.

It will allow the corporate coach and horses to ride roughshod over democratic governments.

They seem to be able to ride roughshod over everyone who lives around here.

After all your talk, you're goin' to let that slave-driver ride roughshod over you?

The new Labour government can no longer expect to ride roughshod over their own backbenchers.

Thank God, he can't ride roughshod over my brother.

He's not just going to bring this in and ride roughshod over everyone's concerns, he said.

Caesar's done nothing but ride roughshod over every law in the book since he got back.'

You think you can ride roughshod over everything?

This Christmas saw Nintendo ride roughshod over the competition, breaking sales records with both Wii and DS.

We'll teach these magnates that they cannot ride roughshod over the rights of the commoners, confound them!

At times, Western feminist ideology does indeed ride roughshod over the concerns of delegates from the Third World.

But this is no time for, say, hot 'n' sour Thai creations that would ride roughshod over those bangers.

We have allowed the terrorists on both sides to ride roughshod over the majority's wish for peace for too long.

Companies with big enough budgets can often ride roughshod over the planning system, beating cash-strapped councils and volunteer community groups.