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
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
I expect," she said after a while, "that Mrs. Graham will once more tell us to let ourselves go with the tide and not worry.
From The Privet Hedge by Buckrose, J. E.
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
She might be expected to be swept off her feet and go with the tide, by the very suddenness of it all.
From The Rhodesian by Page, Gertrude
