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Phrase(s): tide someone over (until something) to supply someone until a certain time or until something happens. • Will this amount tide us over until next week? • There is enough food here to tide over the entire camp until next month. • Yes, this will tide us over.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Support through a difficult period, as in I asked my brother for $100 to tide me over until payday. This expression alludes to the way the tide carries something. [Early 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms