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Meaning of run roughshod over | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of ride roughshod over.

Examples

“[I]f the demos really were like⟳ a passionate drunk, willing and able to run⟳ roughshod over minorities, then it might also be willing and able to run⟳ roughshod over the judiciary or the constitution.”
“The announcement was also a tacit acknowledgment of Facebook’s yearslong failure to control⟳ hazardous rhetoric running roughshod on the social network, particularly during the election.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

run scared run short run someone off their feet run someone ragged run someone's file run something up the flagpole

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