roughshod
Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to…Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to prevent slipping.
» The proposed legislation runs roughshod over at least three amendments to the constitution.
Запропоноване законодавство грубо порушує якнайменше три поправки до конституції.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to prevent slipping.
(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
(broadly, not comparable)Brutal or domineering.
unjustly domineering
Examples
3 sentencesThe proposed legislation runs roughshod over at least three amendments to the constitution.
Запропоноване законодавство грубо порушує якнайменше три поправки до конституції.
When will you stop running roughshod over others?
Should developers be able to run roughshod over smallholders and ancestral dwellings?
Origin
From rough + shod.From rough + shod.
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