ride roughshod over
/ˌɹaɪd ˈɹʌfʃɑd ˌoʊvɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[B]eing in high ſpirits, after dinner, one of them being called upon for a toaſt, gave, „The d——l ride roughſhod over the raſcally part of the creation.”"
- "[H]ad the Commons of England been of his way of thinking, Charles [I of England] and his prerogative would have ridden roughshod over their necks at will."
- "Thus, revelling amidst the wrecks of poor, feeble, helpless, ruined woman, man rides roughshod over his slaughtered victim, (Jehu like), saying, "I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst.""
- "He's so absent-minded and goodnatured, he lets those boys ride over him roughshod."
- "“[…] where I come from we aren't accustomed to being ridden over roughshod by any parrot-mouthed, pig-headed mule in a pop-gun pea-shooter battery. Are you ready?”"
- "He was brusque; he often rode roughshod over feminine sensibilities."
Etymology
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɹaɪd ˈɹʌfʃɑd ˌoʊvɚ/
- British English: /ˌɹaɪd ˈɹʌfʃɒd ˌəʊvə/