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bucks the trend

bucks the trend is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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>

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

Words near bucks the trend in the dictionary

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

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