kick over the traces
Example Sentences
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That made voters kick over the traces again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
But "Patrick" was only a persona, and there is a restlessness in Byrne that makes him kick over the traces.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2011
The horses that kick over the traces will have to be put in a corral.'
From Time Magazine Archive
You'll get there if you don't kick over the traces....
From The Firing Line by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
I can't understand why an old wheel-horse like Elsworth should kick over the traces that way.
From Theft A Play In Four Acts by Jack London
