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 treasure was all on board Hakon's ship, and we must go with the tide.
From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
It is so much easier to go with the tide than against it, to shout with the crowd than to stand lonely and suspect in the midst of it.
From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
We'll rest for a few minutes and then go with the tide round Pointe la Joue.
From Pearl of Pearl Island by Oxenham, John
Wearied out physically and mentally with the struggle, he seized swiftly the chance of a solution the message suggested, and trusting to Diana's resourcefulness let himself go with the tide.
From The Rhodesian by Page, Gertrude
