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bucks the tide

bucks the tide is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bucks the tide

What is bucks the tide the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bucks the tide is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buck the tide.

Words near bucks the tide in the dictionary

  1. Bucks Green
  2. Bucks Harbor
  3. bucks in
  4. Bucks Lake
  5. bucks out
  6. bucks the tide
  7. bucks the tiger
  8. bucks the trend
  9. bucks up
  10. bucks up one's ideas
  11. bucks up to

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