tide

tide idiom
In addition to the idiom beginning with tide, also see stem the tide; swim against the current (tide); swim with the tide; time and tide; turn of the tide.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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