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rough⋅shod
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–adjective
1.
shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points.
—Idiom
2.
ride roughshod over,
to treat harshly or domineeringly; override; crush:
He rode roughshod over his friends to advance himself in the business world.
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Origin:
1680–90;
rough
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shod
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rough-shod
1688, from
rough (adj.)
+
shod,
past tense of
shoe
(v.) "to shoe a horse." originally from horses shod with the nails projecting from the shoe, to prevent slipping.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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