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bucking the trend

bucking the trend is the present participle and gerund 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 bucking the trend

What is bucking the trend the present participle and gerund of?
Bucking the trend is the present participle and gerund of buck the trend.

Words near bucking the trend in the dictionary

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

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