By going against the grain and going to work nude, you've made yourself a laughing stock.
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Against the grain
/əˈɡɛnst ðə ɡɹeɪn/
Synonyms for "against the grain" (81 found)
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a reboursa reculonsabhorrentagainst the tideagainst the windanticlockwiseareararsy varsyarsy-varsyass backwardsass-backwardsasternat cross purposesat cross-purposesat daggersat daggers drawnat issue
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at oddsat varianceat warat war withathwartawaybackbackwardbackwardsby contrariescontracontrarilycontrariouslycontrariwiseconverselycountercounterclockwisecrosscross grainedcross-grained
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Adjective(1 words)
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eyeball to eyeballeyeball-to-eyeballfrohindwardhindwardsin confrontationin flat oppositionin hostile arrayin oppositionin reverseintolerableinverselyjust the oppositemislikablenay ratherodiouson the contraryon the other handoppositelyotherwise
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per contraquite the contraryratherrearwardrearwardsretradto the contrarytopsy turvytopsy-turvytout au contraireuncongenialuninvitingunlikableunlovableunpleasantup in armsupside downvice versawiddershinswith crossed bayonets
Sample sentences
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Get the thinkers out into the open like Vidal and Buckley, a really radical idea, against the grain.
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For Nabiullina, the developments unpick almost a decade of work going against the grain of Putin’s increasing global isolation by opening up the economy.
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It went much against the grain with him.
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