run roughshod

1. 1.

   treat inconsiderately or harshly

   Synonymsride roughshod

   Broadertreat

Questions about run roughshod

What does run roughshod mean?

run roughshod means "treat inconsiderately or harshly".

What is another word for run roughshod?

Close synonyms include ride roughshod. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is run roughshod a common word?

run roughshod is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.