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ridden roughshod over

ridden roughshod over is the past participle of ride roughshod over.

Meaning of ride roughshod over

Verb

ride roughshod over (third-person singular simple present rides roughshod over, present participle riding roughshod over, simple past rode roughshod over, past participle ridden roughshod over)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something).
    • [B]eing in high ſpirits, after dinner, one of them being called upon for a toaſt, gave, „The d——l ride roughſhod over the raſcally part of the creation.”1795, The Festival of Wit, Being a Collection of Bon-mots, Anecdotes, etc. of the Most Exalted Characters, volume [I], Dresden: […] C. and F. Walther, →OCLC, page 48

Forms of ridden roughshod over

alternative formran roughshod over

Questions about ridden roughshod over

What is ridden roughshod over the past participle of?
Ridden roughshod over is the past participle of ride roughshod over.

Words near ridden roughshod over in the dictionary

  1. ridden out
  2. ridden out the storm
  3. ridden over
  4. ridden pillion
  5. ridden rantipole
  6. ridden roughshod over
  7. ridden rusty
  8. ridden Saint George
  9. ridden shotgun
  10. ridden St George
  11. ridden St. George

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