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
Bojana	-	Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
S&Aelig;Wine	-	Anglo-Saxon
Jacinda	-	English (Rare)
Polykarpos	-	Ancient Greek
Tomlinson	['tɔmlinsn]
HÈCtor	-	Catalan