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
Mikael	MEE-kah-el	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Dov	DOV	Hebrew
Carol	['kærəl]
Maren	MAH-ren (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Lowie	-	Dutch
Danica	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, Macedonian, English