rock the boat

Definitions

To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“I'd just jump⟳ in and fix⟳ it, but that's not my job, and I don't want⟳ to rock the boat.”

“A lot of gay people I know⟳, female and male, are conservative — perhaps even more conservative than they would be if they were non-gay because they've had such a hard struggle⟳ in life, they don't want⟳ to rock any boats.”

“Just when I'm asking myself if it's worth it to rock the boat and wondering if I should compromise, something will happen⟳ to keep⟳ me going. Like⟳ one year I got an award from a women's group for, "exposing the jockocratic values of society.”

“But they're [Rupture] quite the opposite- they're very respectful of other people. They say⟳ offensive things to rock the boat and cause some turmoil in the world of safe, homogenized P.C. punk rock.”

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