kick against sth
UK informal— phrasal verb with kick uk/kɪk/us/kɪk/verb
to refuse to accept something and react strongly against it:
As a boy he always kicked against his father's authority.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- veto
- vote sth down
- wash
- wild horses wouldn't drag me idiom
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