ride roughshod over in English

act rudely; act disrespectfully; ignore

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1. I sold it to a man nobody can ride roughshod over.

2. Instead they set out to ride roughshod over the legislative branch,(http://Sentencedict.com) attempting to govern without congress rather than with it.