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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Kick Over the Traces (To). Not to follow the dicta of a party leader, but to act independently; as a horse refusing to run in harness kicks over the traces. "If the new member shows any inclination to kick over the traces, he will not be their member long."- Newspaper paragraph, Feb., 1893. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disobedience | Verb: disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance; (defy); set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one's own hands; kick over the traces. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "KICK OVER THE TRACES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | σηκώνω κεφάλι. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kirúg a hámból (blow one's top, to be on the spree, to go on the batter, to go on the bust, to kick over the traces). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ickkay overay ethay acestray kontrolden çıkmak (get out of control, get out of hand, go haywire), gemi azıya almak (run away, take the bit between one's teeth). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-e-h-i-k-k-o-r-r-s-t-t-v" | |
-5 letters: crotcheteers. | |
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