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
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.
He used his oars little, satisfied to go with the tide and be taken back by it.
From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George
Lately he had frequently found himself wondering why he didn’t go with the tide and head straight for the vortex that he felt would be only too ready to engulf him.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell
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
