ride roughshod

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”.

To his opponents, he was an authoritarian strongman who rode roughshod over the country's democratic institutions to preserve his hold on power.

Labour has been accused of "riding roughshod" over its local members after accusations it has "parachuted" its choice of candidate into a Welsh constituency.

America’s founders were appropriately deferential to this foundational principle, but they were also sorely concerned about majority tyranny riding roughshod over minority well-being.

Downing Street denied "riding roughshod" over devolution by backing the bill, saying it was "about making sure that communities and drivers are able to have their say on important issues".