jump the traces

See: KICK OVER THE TRACES.

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kick over the traces

[kick over the traces] also [jump the traces] {v. phr.} To break the rules; behave badly. * /When their teacher was absent and they had a substitute, the children kicked […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[trace] See: [KICK OVER THE TRACES] also [JUMP THE TRACES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[over the traces] See: [KICK OVER THE TRACES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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