swim with/against the tide

swim with/against the tide
swim with/against the tide — see tide, 1
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  • go/swim with/against the tide — ◇ If you go/swim with/against the tide, you think or behave in a way that agrees/disagrees with how most other people think or behave. Politically, she tends to go against the tide on her college campus. [=she tends to have different political… …   Useful english dictionary

  • swim against the tide — swim against/with/the tide phrase to do or believe the opposite to other people the same as other people Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym to be different from somethingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • go against the tide — go, swim, etc. with/against the ˈtide idiom to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people have Main entry: ↑tideidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • swim with the tide — swim against/with/the tide phrase to do or believe the opposite to other people the same as other people Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym to be different from somethingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • swim with the tide — go/swim with the tide go/swim against the tide to do the opposite of what most other people are doing. If you don t feel strongly about an issue, you may as well just swim with the tide …   New idioms dictionary

  • go with the tide — go, swim, etc. with/against the ˈtide idiom to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people have Main entry: ↑tideidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • tide — tide1 [taıd] n [: Old English; Origin: tid time ] 1.) the tide the regular rising and falling of the level of the sea the tide is in/out (=the sea is at a high or low level) ▪ Is the tide going out or coming in ? ▪ We went for a walk and got cut… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tide — 1 noun 1 (countable usually singular) the regular rising and lowering of the level of the sea: driftwood on the beach, brought in by the tide | the tide is in/out (=the sea is at a high or low level) see also: high tide, low tide 2 (C) a current… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • go with the tide — go/swim with the tide go/swim against the tide to do the opposite of what most other people are doing. If you don t feel strongly about an issue, you may as well just swim with the tide …   New idioms dictionary

  • tide — noun 1 change in the level of the sea ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ flood, incoming, rising ▪ ebb, outgoing ▪ high …   Collocations dictionary

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