ride roughshod over

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK would not sit “idly by whilst Putin and his mafia state ride roughshod over international law, including the Chemical Weapons Convention”.

The remark was seen as a warning shot to the prime minister that an attempt to ride roughshod over the League and Forza Italia could undermine the six-month-old government and Meloni's grip on power.

"Developers are being allowed to ride roughshod over the needs of communities and the environment and this has got to stop," he added.

In recent months, the U.S. has taken a strident tone against El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, whom it accuses of using his popularity to amass power and ride roughshod over democratic checks and balances.

He said ministers used to "walk" if they briefed about a Budget, and he warned the government not to "ride roughshod over this House".