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"etymology_text": "Biblical phrase; see citation below.",
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"form": "kicking against the pricks",
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"glosses": [
"To kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goaded."
],
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"(idiomatic) To kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goaded."
],
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},
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{
"ref": "2010 December 8, Dan Hancox, The Guardian",
"text": "Middle-class, indie-loving, media-savvy 18-40-year-olds in their tens of thousands joined Facebook groups, signed online petitions, added Twibbons, wrote letters of complaint and politely but efficiently kicked against the pricks.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To struggle against one's fate."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic, figuratively) To struggle against one's fate."
],
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"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "artáčitʹsja",
"sense": "to struggle against one's fate",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "арта́читься"
}
]
}
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"To kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goaded."
],
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"(idiomatic) To kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goaded."
],
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],
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"To struggle against one's fate."
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"(idiomatic, figuratively) To struggle against one's fate."
],
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "artáčitʹsja",
"sense": "to struggle against one's fate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "арта́читься"
}
],
"word": "kick against the pricks"
}
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