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vb. To rebel against authority; to defy orders or instructions.
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Kick Over the Traces is a compilation album by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder. The album contains tracks from Pinhead Gunpowder releases since the band formed in 1990. The album was released through Recess Records on June 16, 2009. The Japanese edition features a second disc recorded live at 924 Gilman Street on February 10, 2008, and features different cover art.
Usage examples of "kick over the traces".
Honor had led him to kick over the traces, to put his own life in danger.
But that meant a rather high maintenance cost to the heirs, and no doubt sooner or later they would kick over the traces, have the body taken out of quick-pack and -- God forbid -- buried.
In short, you'd grown tired of routine respectability and here was how you could kick over the traces.