run roughshod

idiom

: to completely ignore the opinions, rights, or feelings of others

He achieved success by ruthlessly running roughshod over anyone who got in his way.

Examples of run roughshod in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Certain companies have allowed Russian bots to run roughshod on platforms in some cases, according to news reports. —

Mekela Panditharatne and Shanze Hasan, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024 More to the point, Sunday Night Football continues to run roughshod over the rest of the primetime landscape, as NBC’s linear TV deliveries (20.58 million) are more than six-and-a-half times larger than the average 8-11 p.m. show (3.09 million). —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Oct. 2024 Americans may expect the men’s team to run roughshod over the competition but – as two nail-biting wins ahead of the Games proved – the rest of the world is catching up. —

Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 25 July 2024 Better serve For far too long, fossil fuel, mining, and timber interests have been given license to run roughshod over the planet. —

Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for run roughshod

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