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)
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 Hardy, Thomas
You see, we Oxford men have our own notions about things: we do not always go with the tide.
From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
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
