Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - roughshod
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If you say that someone is riding roughshod over a person or their views, you disapprove of them because they are using their power or authority to do what they want, completely ignoring that person’s wishes. These laws allow the security forces to continue to ride roughshod over the human rights of the people. PHRASE: V inflects c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Date: circa 1688 1. shod with calked shoes 2. marked by tyrannical force ~ rule II. adverb Date: 1813 in a roughly forceful manner rode ~ over the opposition ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
adj. (of a horse) having shoes with nail-heads projecting to prevent slipping. Phrases and idioms ride roughshod over treat inconsiderately or arrogantly. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. подкованный на шипы (о лошади) 2. основанный на грубой силе a tyrant's roughshod rule —- железная пята тирана Id: to ride roughshod over smb. —- обращаться деспотически (высокомерно) с кем-л., тиранить кого-л.; попирать чьи-л. чувства ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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