ride roughshod over

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪd ˈɹʌfʃɒd ˌəʊvə/
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• General-American: /ˌɹaɪd ˈɹʌfʃɑd ˌoʊvɚ/
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A horse is roughshod if its hooves are shod with horseshoes that have calks (projecting parts to prevent slipping). Thus, something that a roughshod horse is ridden over is likely to be damaged by the projections of its horseshoes.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 橫行霸道 /横行霸道 (héngxíngbàdào) — to treat someone roughly
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺壓 /欺压 (qīyā) — to treat someone roughly
• Chinese Mandarin: 打壓 /打压 (dǎyā) — to treat someone roughly
• Dutch: met voeten treden — to treat someone roughly
• Finnish: polkea — to treat someone roughly
• Finnish: talloa — to treat someone roughly
• French: fouler aux pieds — to treat someone roughly
• German: missachten — to treat someone roughly
• German: mit Füßen treten — to treat someone roughly
• German: sich hinwegsetzen über — to treat someone roughly
• German: trampeln über — to treat someone roughly
• German: unterbuttern — to treat someone roughly
• Hungarian: átgázol — to treat someone roughly
• Hungarian: keresztülgázol — to treat someone roughly
• Hungarian: elnyom — to treat someone roughly
• Hungarian: eltapos — to treat someone roughly
• Hungarian: lábbal tapos — to treat someone roughly
• Hungarian: eltipor — to treat someone roughly
• Hungarian: lábbal tipor — to treat someone roughly
• Icelandic: fara með eins og hund — to treat someone roughly
• Icelandic: láta kné fylgja kviði — to treat someone roughly
• Icelandic: traðka á — to treat someone roughly
• Icelandic: troða á — to treat someone roughly
• Italian: calpestare — to treat someone roughly
• Italian: maltrattare — to treat someone roughly
• Italian: oltraggiare — to treat someone roughly
• Italian: trattare in malo modo — to treat someone roughly
• Polish: poniewierać — to treat someone roughly
• Polish: sponiewierać — to treat someone roughly
• Russian: попира́ть (popirátʹ) — to treat someone roughly
• Russian: попра́ть (poprátʹ) — to treat someone roughly
• Russian: тира́нить (tiránitʹ) — to treat someone roughly
• Spanish: pasar a llevar — to treat someone roughly
• Spanish: pisotear — to treat someone roughly
• Turkish: itip kakmak — to treat someone roughly
• Vietnamese: chà đạp — to treat someone roughly
• Vietnamese: hà hiếp — to treat someone roughly