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[ verb ] treat inconsiderately or harshly

Synonyms

ride_roughshod

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

`` All_too frequently '' , points_out James_O'_Gara , managing_editor of Commonweal , `` Catholics run_roughshod over Protestant sensibilities in this matter , by failure to consider the reasoning behind the Protestant position and , particularly , by their jibes at the fact that Protestant opinion on birth_control has changed in recent decades '' .

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