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bucked the tide

bucked the tide is the simple past and past participle of buck the tide.

Meaning of buck the tide

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of buck the trend.
    • But it appears Spain bucked the tide, pointed out Jordi Évole, one of Spain’s best-known television personalities on the left.2023 July 24, Ashifa Kassam, “Vox party’s hardline attitudes appear to have turned off Spanish voters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    buck the trend

Questions about bucked the tide

What is bucked the tide the simple past and past participle of?
Bucked the tide is the simple past and past participle of buck the tide.

Words near bucked the tide in the dictionary

  1. bucked
  2. bucked down
  3. bucked for
  4. bucked in
  5. bucked out
  6. bucked the tide
  7. bucked the tiger
  8. bucked the trend
  9. bucked up
  10. bucked up one's ideas
  11. bucked up to

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