go/swim against the tide
Definition
› to not follow what everyone else is doingCustom, tradition and conformity
(Definition of go/swim against the tide from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- backward-looking adjective
- backwards adverb
- be (like) sheep idiom
- blend into the scenery idiom
- classical adjective (TRADITIONAL)
- convention noun (CUSTOM)
- fashion noun (POPULAR STYLE)
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