go with the tide

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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

"We go with the tide at sunup," said Marr.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

It is much easier to go with the tide than against it, and there are scientific tides as truly as there are tides in the fashion of dress.

From Science and Morals and Other Essays by Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan, Sir

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 Knox, Thomas Wallace

But he was letting himself go with the tide, and he knew it.

From The Way of Ambition by Soper, J. H. Gardner