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tide sb over (sth)
to help someone to work or operate normally through a difficult period, usually by lending them money
• Can you lend me some money to tide me over till the weekend?
• Have another piece of cake. It'll tide you over till supper.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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tide
adjectives
the tide is in
(= the sea covers the shore )
• You can’t walk on the beach when the tide is in.
the tide is out
• Let’s go for a walk along the beach while the tide is out.
high tide
• At high tide the island is completely cut off.
low tide
• The sands are exposed at low tide.
the incoming tide
• The box was carried upstream on the incoming tide.
the rising tide
• The rising tide had begun to fill up the channel.
an ebb tide
(= the flow of the sea away from the shore )
• We sailed out to sea on the ebb tide.
a flood tide
(= the flow of the sea towards the land )
• The wind drove the yacht inland on the flood tide.
a spring tide
(= a large rise and fall in the level of the sea, that happens when there is a new moon and when there is a full moon )
• It must be a spring tide.
a neap tide
(= a very small rise and fall in the level of the sea, that happens at the first and third quarters of the moon )
• Spring tides alternate with neap tides.
verbs
the tide comes in
(= the sea comes nearer )
• Once the tide comes in, the cove is cut off.
the tide goes out
• They sat on the beach watching the tide going out.
the tide turns
(= starts coming in or going out )
• Soon, the tide would turn and the waves would begin to creep inshore again.
be cut off by the tide
(= become trapped as the sea rises )
• Two anglers had to be rescued after getting cut off by the tide.
transnet.ir
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noun change in the level of the sea ADJ. big, strong | flood, incoming, rising | ebb, outgoing | full, high | low | neap, spring VERB + TIDE catch (= to take advantage of a favourable tide) We have to get up early to catch the tide. TIDE + VERB be in | be out | come/flow in, rise | ebb, fall, flow/go out, retreat | be on the turn, turn | occur the time of day when the highest tides occur | wash sb/sth up The body was washed up by the tide the next day. PREP. at … ~ Seals lie on the rocks at low tide. | on a/the ~ We went out to sea on the ebb tide. PHRASES the ebb and flow of the tide strong movement in favour of/against sth ADJ. growing, rising the rising tide of crime | shifting | political He hasn't the courage to swim against the political tide. VERB + TIDE go with | go/swim against | stem, turn (back) attempts to stem the tide of revolution TIDE + VERB run Seeing the tide was now running in his direction, he renewed his campaign for reform. | carry sb/sth along | turn The tide of public opinion seems to be turning at last. PREP. against a/the ~ It takes courage to speak out against the tide of public opinion. | on a ~ They were carried along on a tide of euphoria. | ~ against, ~ in favour of Civil liberties groups helped to turn the tide against industrial violence. PHRASES a tide of history the shifting tides of history | the turn of the tide In the early 1990s there was a marked turn of the tide.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary