Collocations for "tide"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tide" in context.
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tide
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the ebb and flow of the tide
- the changing of the tides
- during [high, low] tide
- at [high] tide
- the tide is [in, out]
- waiting for the tide to [come in, go out]
- [swimming, sailing] [against, with] the tide
- the moon makes the tides
- washed ashore by the tide
- the rolling tide
- figurative: the tides have (finally) turned
- figurative: trying to turn the tides
- figurative: oh, how the tides have turned!
- figurative: the tides of [history, unemployment, output]
- figurative: reversing the tide of history
- figurative: reverse the tide of the [battle, war]
- figurative: go against the tide of opinion
- figurative: a growing tide of opposition
- figurative: a rising tide of crime
- figurative: stop the tide of crime
- check the tide chart
'tide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):