Buck and Counter

Buck

Buck verb - To refuse to give in to.

Usage example: bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years

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Counter and buck are semantically related In some cases you can use "Counter" instead a verb "Buck".

Nearby Words: buckle, bucked, bucking, buckskin, bucko

Counter verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.

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Buck and counter are semantically related in answer topic. Sometimes you can use "Buck" instead a verb "Counter".

system	buck system	counter system
trend	buck trend	counter trend

A robbery goes bad when a customer produces a gun and shoots the perpetrator, who shoots both the cashier and the other customer, leaving the bag of money sitting on the counter and Buck the only witness.

Source: Film / Boogie Nights
In the Saturday Night Live sketch "Samurai Delicatessan", Buck Henry enters the empty (of customers) deli with John Belushi's Samurai behind the counter.

Source: Take a Number
The Global Community-controlled media and press becomes this in the Left Behind series during the Tribulation, which causes Buck Williams to develop his Voice of the Resistance publication called The Truth to counter their news report spins with actual facts.

Source: Propaganda Machine