go against the grain
verbDefinitions
To defy convention or norms
To defy convention or norms; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.
- His method certainly goes against the grain, but it is unquestionably effective.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for go against the grain. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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