VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Stick It to the Man

Meaning:

Do something that frustrates those in authority

Examples:

  • I'm doing it for truth, justice and sticking it to the man.
  • The news reporter, under pressure from his bosses to only report the censored version of events, decided to stick it to the man and share the story in its entirety live on the air.
  • I've spent my whole life, sticking it to the man.
  • The IRS has been sending me tax refunds by mistake for years, but I've never said anything to them about it. It's my own private little way of sticking it to the man.
  • There' s one thing you' ve got to do And that' s stick it to the man