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Buck at
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What does "buck at" mean in:
For many Japanese, the specter of Westernized individualism, utilitarianism, and super-rationalism triggers emotional responses that push them towards a rhetoric of difference, even as they buck at its inherently nationalistic underpinnings.
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What does "buck at" mean in:
For many Japanese, the specter of Westernized individualism, utilitarianism, and super-rationalism triggers emotional responses that push them towards a rhetoric of difference, even as they buck at its inherently nationalistic underpinnings.
?Thanks in advance
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com): verb Informal . to resist or oppose obstinately; objectstrongly: The mayor bucked at the school board's suggestion.
- com): verb Informal .
- to resist or oppose obstinately; objectstrongly: The mayor bucked at the school board's suggestion.
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"Buck at" (Dictionary.com):
verb
Informal. to resist or oppose obstinately; objectstrongly:
The mayor bucked at the school board's suggestion.
verb
Informal. to resist or oppose obstinately; objectstrongly:
The mayor bucked at the school board's suggestion.
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Sense 5 of "buck" at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buck#Verb_2:
To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
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