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
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
How much easier to go with the tide - seize her opportunity - and dare Fate to do her worst.
From Winding Paths by Page, Gertrude
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)
The tide rises twenty-two feet in Ghijiga Bay, and to reach the lighthouse and settlement near the river, even with small boats, it is necessary to go with the tide.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
