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View synonyms for tide over
tide over
verb
- tr to help to get through (a period of difficulty, distress, etc)
the money tided him over until he got a job
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Support through a difficult period, as in I asked my brother for $100 to tide me over until payday . This expression alludes to the way the tide carries something. [Early 1800s]Advertisement
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