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buck the trend

buck the trend verb: to go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.

Verb

buck the trend (third-person singular simple present bucks the trend, present participle bucking the trend, simple past and past participle bucked the trend)

  1. (idiomatic) To go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.
    • Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else.2001 May 22, Wednesday, “Re: 'There are only 500 REAL anime fans in the UK'”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet), message-ID <-6y*A5OWo@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
    • However, one region bucking this trend by combatting the current deficiencies in skills development while simultaneously addressing sector demand is the West Midlands.2021 November 17, Davie Carns, “Addressing the skills gap”, in RAIL, number 944, page 62

Synonyms of buck the trend

Forms of buck the trend

third-person singular presentbucks the trend
present participlebucking the trend
past participlebucked the trend
pastbucked the trend

Questions about buck the trend

What does buck the trend mean?
Buck the trend means to go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.
What part of speech is buck the trend?
Buck the trend is a verb.
What is the past tense of buck the trend?
The past tense of buck the trend is bucked the trend.

Words near buck the trend in the dictionary

  1. buck slip
  2. buck slips
  3. buck spinifex
  4. buck the tide
  5. buck the tiger
  6. buck the trend
  7. buck up
  8. buck up one's ideas
  9. buck up to
  10. buck wild
  11. Buck's extension

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