ran roughshod over
Dominated without regard
Ran roughshod over means to treat someone or something with brutal disregard, trampling their interests or feelings.
The image comes from horses shod with protruding nails for better traction—useful on ice, devastating if the horse stepped on you.
The new management ran roughshod over employee concerns.
Corporate interests ran roughshod over environmental regulations.
- bulldozeDemolish using heavy equipment
- dictateGive orders imperiously
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- trampleCrush by stepping
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
trampled underfoot · impose · domineering · disregard · authoritative · power trip · rampage · steamroll · ruthlessness · override · oppression · mistreatment · exploitation · subjugation · totalitarianism · abuse · callousness · supremacy