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rode roughshod over

rode roughshod over is the simple past 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 rode roughshod over

alternative formran roughshod over

Questions about rode roughshod over

What is rode roughshod over the simple past of?
Rode roughshod over is the simple past of ride roughshod over.

Words near rode roughshod over in the dictionary

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

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