run roughshod over

Verb

run roughshod over (third-person singular simple present runs roughshod over, present participle running roughshod over, simple past ran roughshod over, past participle run roughshod over)

1. Synonym of ride roughshod over.
   • [I]f the demos really were like a passionate drunk, willing and able to run roughshod over minorities, then it might also be willing and able to run roughshod over the judiciary or the constitution.2014, Jacob T. Levy, “The Constitutional Entrenchment of Federalism”, in James E. Fleming, Jacob T. Levy, editors, Federalism and Subsidiarity, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University Press...
   • The announcement was also a tacit acknowledgment of Facebook’s yearslong failure to control hazardous rhetoric running roughshod on the social network, particularly during the election.2021 July 8, Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, quoting Mark Zuckerberg, “Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   ride roughshod over