kick over the traces

Meaning

Verb

To rebel against authority; to defy orders or instructions.
To live overextravagantly; to come to grief by fast living.

Origin

Refers to a horse kicking its legs over to the wrong side of the traces, straps of leather connecting it to the vehicle being towed.

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