Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.

    I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat.

    раска́чивать ло́дкуraskáčivatʹ lódku

Examples

18 sentences

  1. I don't plan on rocking the boat.

    Я не планую розхитувати човен. — deniko

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  2. I'm going to rock the boat.

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  3. I don't want to rock the boat.

    ruЯ не хочу раскачивать лодку. — Selena777

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  4. Everyone is happy with the decision, so please don't rock the boat.

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  5. Don't rock the boat.

    ruНе раскачивай лодку. — Wezel

    deNicht mit dem Boot schaukeln! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
disturb the status quo:

Forms

rocks the boat, rocking the boat, rocked the boat, rocked the boat
Base formrock the boat · to rock the boat
3rd person singularrocks the boat
Present participlerocking the boat
Past simplerocked the boat
Past participlerocked the boat

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrock the boat
he, she, itrocks the boat

Past simpleLesson

all personsrocked the boat

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rocked the boat
he, she, ithas rocked the boat

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rock the boat

Synonyms

1 synonyms
make waves

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
robustC1rocrockA2rockerrocketB2rockyB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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