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Meaning of buck the trend | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.

idiomatic

Examples

“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.”
“However, one region bucking this trend by combatting the current deficiencies in skills development while simultaneously addressing sector demand is the West Midlands.”
“Party has been relegated to near-irrelevance as Spain bucks European trend of shift towards far right[.]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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