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

To go with the tide and thus to take advantage of the working of a great natural force is safe and easy.

From In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty by Trine, Ralph Waldo

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

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

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