go/swim with the tide
-tide
suffix
 old useuk / -taɪd/ us / -taɪd/
a period of time: 时期
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tide | American Dictionary

tide
noun[ C ]
us/tɑɪd/
the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day:
high/low tide
A tide is also any large change in something, esp. an increase in the amount of something:
The tide of public opinion is turning against the president.

Examples of tide

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On the face of it, the zone between the tides seems a poor environment for living things.
An intending swimmer is prevented from entering the sea, because (it is reasonable to suppose) this person does not realize that the tides are dangerous.
In the law of the tides, gravity is the important systematic factor, and the small unsystematic factors include variations in weather.
I am an ethicist, wading into tides that may wash me away.
The moon and sun's gravitational forces mostly drive the longest waves (tides).
However, the waves of new observation and theory inevitably combine with the tides of fashion to erode the topicality of even the best texts.
Consequently, tides are probably the main cause of long-distance gene flow via seeds.
Patterns from wind, tides, waves, seasonal transformation, melting ice, snow, etc. are common musical resources for my chamber music.
Were it not for the tides, it is hard to see how salt marsh could exist at all.
Near continents, there is more mixing, as currents and tides strike the land.
However, even within piturniq, there are varying levels of peak tides.
Reports of early electoral tides did not necessarily have to be accurate to have their intended effect.
Not only were there problems of heat radiation, the friction of the tides, and other forms of the slow degradation of the earth's motion.
The work, tided 'operabouffe', is in a class by itself.
Table 6 summarizes the effects of partisan tides in the races between 1972 and 1994.
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astronomical tide
In itself, this does not pose a flood risk since coastal defences are designed to provide a margin over highest astronomical tide levels.
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