How to pronounce “go against the grain”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (idiomatic) To defy convention or norms; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

against the grain, up against the wall, centigram, spent grain, second-string, snake in the grass, cyrus the great, saguntum, snakes in the grass, scene of the crime