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Synonyms for tide over

Grammar : Verb
Spell : tahyd
Phonetic Transcription : taɪd

Définition of tide over

Origin :
  • Old English tid "point or portion of time, due time," from Proto-Germanic *tidiz "division of time" (cf. Old Saxon tid, Dutch tijd, Old High German zit, German Zeit "time"), from PIE *di-ti- "division, division of time," suffixed form of root *da- "to divide, cut up" (cf. Sanskrit dati "cuts, divides;" Greek demos "people, land," perhaps literally "division of society;" daiesthai "to divide;" Old Irish dam "troop, company").
  • Meaning "rise and fall of the sea" (mid-14c.) is probably via notion of "fixed time," specifically "time of high water;" either a native evolution or from Middle Low German getide (cf. also Dutch tij, German Gezeiten "flood tide"). Old English seems to have had no specific word for this, using flod and ebba to refer to the rise and fall. Old English heahtid "high tide" meant "festival, high day."
  • verb help along
Example sentences :
  • Or, if I'd only got tied up in some way for a few weeks—something I could tide over.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • These predictions should help them to tide over the periods of danger.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 » by Various
  • Our effort was to prevent any outbreak and tide over the crisis.
  • Extract from : « The Spectre In The Cart » by Thomas Nelson Page
  • Starting at 5.30 we tacked on the tide over the "water-shed" behind Spiekeroog.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
  • He struggled to find words to tide over what he felt was an awkward moment.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • One has to put the one against the other and strive to tide over the hard days.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Third Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • They glanced at the turbid retreat of the tide over the submerged rocks.
  • Extract from : « The Pillar of Light » by Louis Tracy
  • It may be that they know something about the tide over there.
  • Extract from : « The Rival Campers » by Ruel Perley Smith
  • As it is we have been able temporarily to tide over our affairs.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys on the Wing » by Clarence Young
  • If you do not recover the bonds, cannot you get outside help to tide over the crisis?
  • Extract from : « The Missing Tin Box » by Arthur M. Winfield

Antonyms for tide over

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