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bucked the trend

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

Meaning of buck the trend

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>

Questions about bucked the trend

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

Words near bucked the trend in the dictionary

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

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