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1buck the system — ► to refuse to follow the rules or customs of an organization: »Both employees were later fired for trying to buck the system. Main Entry: ↑buck …
2buck the system — buck the trend/system/ phrase to succeed in doing something, even though there is a general tendency for this not to happen Scottish industry bucked the UK trend with a 5% rise in exports. Thesaurus: to succeed in doing somethingsynonym… …
3buck the system — to fight against the usual way of doing something. Tom spent much of his working life bucking the system, which explains why he didn t get many promotions …
4buck the trend — buck the trend/system/ phrase to succeed in doing something, even though there is a general tendency for this not to happen Scottish industry bucked the UK trend with a 5% rise in exports. Thesaurus: to succeed in doing somethingsynonym… …
5Buck — Slang for one million dollars. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. buck buck 1 [bʌk] noun [countable] informal FINANCE a dollar: • I owe 500 b …
6buck — Slang for one million dollars. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. buck buck 1 [bʌk] noun [countable] informal FINANCE a dollar: • I owe 500 bucks but I haven t paid yet. • I hope th …
7buck — [[t]bʌ̱k[/t]] bucks, bucking, bucked 1) N COUNT A buck is a US or Australian dollar. [INFORMAL] That would probably cost you about fifty bucks... Why can t you spend a few bucks on a coat?... This means big bucks for someone. Syn: dollar 2) N… …
8buck — 1 noun (C) 1 MONEY AmE, AustE informal a dollar: He owes me ten bucks. | big bucks (=a lot of money) | make a fast buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly) 2 pass the buck to try to blame someone else or make them responsible for… …
9system — /ˈsɪstəm / (say sistuhm) noun 1. an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railway system. 2. any assemblage or set of correlated members: a system of currency; a system of shorthand… …
10buck — verb it takes guts to buck the system buck up buck someone up Syn: resist, oppose, defy, fight, kick against …
