buck the system

idiom

: to oppose the rules of the system : to do things that are not allowed

He was always trying to buck the system.

Examples of buck the system in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Believing that amazing things in life can be just as surprising as their counterparts, Green chooses to buck the system with such innovative, satirical acts as sending U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi a 7-foot tall spine made out of Styrofoam right after Trump got elected. —Jake Kroeger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023

Reformist politicians can buck the system in districts where the economy is more diversified. —Garry Rodan, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019

For daring to buck the system, Haywood became the target of intense criticism, as some white fans and sportswriters called him greedy and unprincipled. —Theresa Runstedtler, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023

Equifax has chosen to buck the system of making idle promises by putting tangible evidence and numbers to its sustainability objectives. —Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 2 June 2022

The images recalled Roberts’s zombie gig workers straining to buck the system. —New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022

But in the interim, Warner and D.C. poached the writer-director, one of the few filmmakers in the genre with the nerve and talent to not exactly buck the system but deconstruct it and turn superhero myth into slapstick farce. —Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2021

But in the interim, Warner and D.C. poached the writer-director, one of the few filmmakers in the genre with the nerve and talent to not exactly buck the system but deconstruct it, and turn superhero myth into slapstick farce. —Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021

An attempt to act independently or buck the system could negatively impact your fortunes. —Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 30 June 2021

Rhymes for buck the system

• cryptosystem
• ecosystem
• intersystem
• multisystem
• photosystem
• subsystem