swim against stream

VERB

deviate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart differ diverge vary veer

STRONG

aberrate avert bend contrast deflect digress divagate drift err part shy swerve turn wander

WEAK

angle off bear off bend the rules break pattern circumlocate depart from edge off get around go amiss go haywire go off on tangent go out of control go out of way leave beaten path not conform take a turn turn aside

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree stay

STRONG

straighten

WEAK

go straight keep

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swim against stream

He who knew the way to swim against stream ten miles an hour, was just now unable to walk half a dozen paces on solid ground.

From A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed

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