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RIDE ROUGHSHOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ride roughshod mean? 

RIDE ROUGHSHOD (verb)
  The verb RIDE ROUGHSHOD has 1 sense:

1. treat inconsiderately or harshlyplay

  Familiarity information: RIDE ROUGHSHOD used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIDE ROUGHSHOD (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat inconsiderately or harshly

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ride roughshod; run roughshod

Hypernyms (to "ride roughshod" is one way to...):

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something


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