roughshod

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You meet, the first day, an implacable team of skilled veterans who show their scorn of your poor ability, their hatred of your opportunity, and ride roughshod--I should say, run with spiked shoes--over you.

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  1. adjective Shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points to prevent slipping.
  2. adjective Marked by brutal force: Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
  3. idiom ride roughshod over To treat with brutal force: a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.

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  • It settled the issue of secession, making it possible for the federal government to increasingly run roughshod over Ninth and 10th Amendment guarantees. —  Latest Articles
  • For too many years some tribal governments have run roughshod over their members without recourse.
  • Morgan broke out of his late-season slump with 18 points, Kalin Lucas added 21 and the smaller Spartans ran roughshod over Hasheem Thabeet and Connecticut in an 82-73 upset in the Final Four on Saturday night.
  • Morgan broke out of his late-season slump with 18 points, Kalin Lucas added 21 and the smaller Spartans ran roughshod over Hasheem Thabeet and —  Sports News : CBSSports.com
  • Kalin Lucas added 21 and the smaller Spartans ran roughshod over —  News for WSLS 10
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