jump\ the\ traces

jump\ the\ traces
• kick over the traces
• jump the traces
v. phr.
To break the rules; behave badly.

When their teacher was absent and they had a substitute, the children kicked over the traces.

Compare: act up, cut up, let loose, out of hand, raise Cain

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