buck 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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Emmaline	EM-ə-leen	English
Eluf	-	Danish
Baldock	['bɔ:ldək]
Frazier	['freiʒə]
Ioanna	-	Greek, Biblical Greek
Patrice (1)	pat-REES	French