What does kick against mean?

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kick against

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

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kicks against (present, singular) kicking against (participle, present) kicked against (participle, past) kicked against (past)

What does kick against mean?: To react to an uncontrollable situation suddenly, violently or aggressively.

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