ride roughshod
idiom
: to completely ignore the rights, opinions, or feelings of others
They accused the government of riding roughshod over international law.
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To Napster the hell out of it, to ride roughshod and disrupt for the sake of disruption.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 July 2024
India and Turkey ride roughshod over the rule of law daily with impunity.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
If Trump loses in November, the process of repairing the damage can begin, but the past three years have shown how easily a power-hungry president can ride roughshod over norms in ways that harm the country’s institutions.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2020
For example, having a right to life does not entail a right to threaten another’s health or life, or ride roughshod over another’s life plans and goals.
—Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation, 23 June 2022
Firstly, as a signal of intent to ride roughshod over all nuclear agreements, demonstrating its capability and resolve – domestically and internationally – to use nuclear weapons.
—Marion Messmer, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
Judge Polster also seems to ride roughshod over the classic tort doctrines of joint and several liability.
—Michael I. Krauss, Forbes, 18 May 2022
But that doesn’t mean the U.S. and other countries should ride roughshod over international law and the U.S. Constitution to do so.
—Paul B. Stephan, The Conversation, 3 May 2022
Paul Alexander, a Trump administration official who tried to ride roughshod over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had words for both the FDA and the CDC.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 July 2024
India and Turkey ride roughshod over the rule of law daily with impunity.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
If Trump loses in November, the process of repairing the damage can begin, but the past three years have shown how easily a power-hungry president can ride roughshod over norms in ways that harm the country’s institutions.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2020
For example, having a right to life does not entail a right to threaten another’s health or life, or ride roughshod over another’s life plans and goals.
—Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation, 23 June 2022
Firstly, as a signal of intent to ride roughshod over all nuclear agreements, demonstrating its capability and resolve – domestically and internationally – to use nuclear weapons.
—Marion Messmer, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
Judge Polster also seems to ride roughshod over the classic tort doctrines of joint and several liability.
—Michael I. Krauss, Forbes, 18 May 2022
But that doesn’t mean the U.S. and other countries should ride roughshod over international law and the U.S. Constitution to do so.
—Paul B. Stephan, The Conversation, 3 May 2022
Paul Alexander, a Trump administration official who tried to ride roughshod over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had words for both the FDA and the CDC.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021
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