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TIDE OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tide over mean?
• TIDE OVER (verb)
The verb TIDE OVER has 1 sense:
1. suffice for a period between two points
Familiarity information: TIDE OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffice for a period between two points
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
bridge over; keep going; tide over
Context example:
This money will keep us going for another year
Hypernyms (to "tide over" is one way to...):
answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
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