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What does rock the boat mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.
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With fundraising success and a sense that things are as they should be, no one wants to rock the boat.
The closer we get to the elections, the more reluctant the progs will be to rock the boat.
Parents must insist on it and never be frightened to rock the boat at you child's school.
The tepid response to Augusta's all-male private club shows some women still don't want to rock the boat.
His deselection caused anger in the parliamentary party as well as in his constituency, but MPs are unwilling to rock the boat so close to the election.
Still, so much time is spent on trying to rock the boat, in trying to understand and comprehend.

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