kick against
Upper Intermediate (B2)informal
To fight or complain about something, even if you probably can't change it.
"As a teenager, she constantly kicked against the strict rules her parents had set."
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Left low kick against Adamine.

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The bicycle kick against Juvet in 2018.

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ESPN FC · 11:41
Even we saw Alvarez free kick against Barca.

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Einzelgänger · 18:30
how long will ye kick against the pin-pricks?

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Pittsburgh Steelers · 19:03
like, no one missed a kick against the Chiefs.