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Definition of Run roughshod
1. Verb. Treat inconsiderately or harshly.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Roughshod
Literary usage of Run roughshod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays by Murray Newton Rothbard (2000)
"Libertarian answers have ranged from the progressives, who wish to give children
the right to run roughshod over everyone in the ..."
2. A History of the Dakota Or Sioux Indians: From Their Earliest Traditions and by Doane Robinson (1904)
"Strong speeches were made and it was determined to take offensive measures to
let Little Crow understand that he could not run roughshod over the Upper ..."
3. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"Not since Melissa had run roughshod over him and held his heart in her little
grubby hands had another been allowed such liberties. "Oh, ye air, air ye? ..."
4. The Politics of Law and Order: A History of the Bavarian Einwohnerwehr, 1918 by David Clay Large (1980)
"... Bavarians might look to the French for protection if the Reich government
tried to run roughshod over their special interests. ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"Not since Melissa had run roughshod over him and held his heart in her little
grubby hands had another been allowed such liberties. "Oh, ye air, air ye? ..."
6. Nature, Extent, and Proliferation of Federal Law Enforcement: Hearing Before edited by Bill McCollum (1998)
"I mean civil liberties will he takt n away, and people':; r.ghts can be run
roughshod over by noi. centralized authority ^ •well. ..."
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