stick it to the man

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stick it to the man (third-person singular simple present sticks it to the man, present participle sticking it to the man, simple past and past participle stuck it to the man)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To take some action intended to defy a source of oppression such as globalization, commercialization, big business or government (on the large scale) or individual leaders and authorities like teachers, bosses, police, or politicians.

   Paula not only told her boss that she quit but also told him to shut up. Way to stick it to the man!

   • 2023 September 24, Carole Cadwalladr, “‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     What could be more delightful than a trip to Greece to meet Yanis Varoufakis, the charismatic leftwing firebrand who tried to stick it to the man, AKA the IMF, EU and entire global financial order?

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take action to defy oppression

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