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
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
In public life they are in the swim—they go with the tide.
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack
Partly it may have been due to his habit of refusing to go with the tide; of his declared hatred of any kind of a majority.
From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.
It is well to remember to go with the tide or current, and do not wear your strength away opposing it.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
