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
HjÖRtur	-	Icelandic
Pierre	PYER (French)	French, Swedish
Bancroft	['bæn.krɔ:ft]
Taegan	-	English (Rare)
LetÍCia	le-TEE-zyə (Portuguese), le-CHEE-zyə (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Easter	['i:stə]