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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 harshly
Familiarity information: RIDE ROUGHSHOD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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