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
We'll rest for a few minutes and then go with the tide round Pointe la Joue.
From Pearl of Pearl Island by John Oxenham
Better go with the tide and make the best of its course than stem it at the risk of a capsize.’
From Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
He used his oars little, satisfied to go with the tide and be taken back by it.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
The first principle of the British constitution, however, is "keep moving," and "I would recommend you to go with the tide."
From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever
