weather the storm

Idioms  

1. Survive difficulties, as in If she can just weather the storm of that contract violation, she'll be fine. This expression alludes to a ship coming safely through bad weather. [Mid-1600s]

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Example Sentences

Goldman weathered the storm better than most financial firms, staying alive when others failed and remaining independent as well.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the economy can weather the storm from the war, Waller said, he would return to advocating for rate cuts later this year.

From MarketWatch

With all the risks in play, it’s reasonable to consider looking for stocks that can weather the storm.

From Barron's

Asia's biggest economy, China, is certainly the best placed to weather the storm.

From BBC

Karp initially was determined to weather the storm after the fresh trove of Epstein files containing new revelations about the relationship between the two men trickled out over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal