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
How much easier to go with the tide - seize her opportunity - and dare Fate to do her worst.
From Winding Paths by Page, Gertrude
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 Lever, Charles James
They have met heaven knows how, and will part heaven knows where, on their way to the sea; but they let themselves go with the tide.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
So you think now; but by and by you will find the pressure too great, and you will go with the tide.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
