# wider den Stachel löcken

wider den Stachel löcken is a German verb meaning “kick against the pricks”. Forms: löckt wider den Stachel, löckte wider den Stachel, hat wider den Stachel gelöckt.

## Forms

- Present (er/sie/es): löckt wider den Stachel
- Simple past: löckte wider den Stachel
- Perfect: hat wider den Stachel gelöckt

## Meanings

1. to kick against the pricks (resist what is stronger than one, e.g. fate, authority, the majority)

## Conjugation

### Infinitiv & Partizip

- Partizip II: wider den Stachel gelöckt
- Hilfsverb: haben

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