roughshod in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for roughshod in the English»French Dictionary

roughshod [Brit ˈrʌfʃɒd, Am ˈrəfˌʃɑd] ADJ

to ride roughshod over sb/sth

se moquer (totalement) de qn/qc

Translations for roughshod in the French»English Dictionary

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faire avaler des couleuvres à qn inf (humilier)

to ride roughshod over sb

fouler aux pieds les usages/la loi fig

to ride roughshod over customs/the law

roughshod in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for roughshod in the English»French Dictionary

roughshod [ˈrʌfʃɒd, Am -ʃɑ:d] ADJ

to ride roughshod over sb

traiter qn avec le plus grand mépris

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to ride roughshod over sb

fouler aux pieds qn

Translations for roughshod in the French»English Dictionary

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fouler qn aux pieds

to ride roughshod over sb

roughshod Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to ride roughshod over sb

fouler aux pieds qn

to ride roughshod over sb

traiter qn avec le plus grand mépris

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He decided that most people were cowardly and cruel, and that the mob would run roughshod over sensitive individuals.

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He also ensured the dismissal of an official who rode roughshod over the religious sentiments of the labourers.

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The fact is that unelected public servants are riding roughshod over us.

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At the moment, the government and industries can ride roughshod over their environmental responsibilities, confident that the legal system's failings will make challenges impossible.

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The government needs to think again and close this loophole quickly, not ride roughshod over local people and their priorities.

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His public record on delivering those promises has several human rights run roughshod in the implementation.

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In attempting to make the euro work, politicians are riding roughshod over their own electorates.

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Today, it's unlikely they'd recognise freedom if they bumped into it -- which they frequently do before riding roughshod over it.

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He wanted to maintain a strong central government, but a government that could never ride roughshod over the rights of the private citizen.

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Maudlin objects that this analysis rides roughshod over the intuition that some such generalizations could fail to be laws in worlds that we should follow scientists in deeming physically possible.

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