go with the tide
Example Sentences
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But General Vecchiarelli can do little, and he might even go with the tide, if some 400,000 Italian soldiers turn actively against the Germans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tide rises twenty-two feet in Ghijiga Bay, and to reach the lighthouse and settlement near the river, even with small boats, it is necessary to go with the tide.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
"We might as well go with the tide, Life," said Deck hopelessly, as he gave way to the pressure.
From A Lieutenant at Eighteen by Oliver Optic
So you think now; but by and by you will find the pressure too great, and you will go with the tide.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
But one must always go with the tide unless one is strong enough to stem it, and frankly I am not.
From The Price of Things by Elinor Glyn
