tide over — tide (someone) over to supply someone with something they need for a short period. We were lucky and got a small loan to tide us over until our customers began to pay us. They re seeking food aid to tide over the starving population until the… … New idioms dictionary
tide over — index continue (adjourn) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tide over — [v] help along aid, assist, bridge the gap*, keep head above water*, keep one going, see through; concept 110 Ant. hinder, hurt … New thesaurus
tide over — verb suffice for a period between two points This money will keep us going for another year • Syn: ↑bridge over, ↑keep going • Hypernyms: ↑suffice, ↑do, ↑answer, ↑serve … Useful english dictionary
tide over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tide over : present tense I/you/we/they tide over he/she/it tides over present participle tiding over past tense tided over past participle tided over tide someone over to help someone to get to the end of a… … English dictionary
tide over — PHRASAL VERB If you do something for someone to tide them over, you help them through a period when they are having difficulties, especially by lending them money. [V n P] He wanted money to tide him over... [V P n (not pron)] The banks were… … English dictionary
tide over — If you tide someone over, you support them through a difficult period for a certain length of time. With this weather it s impossible to get to the shops, but we have enough food to tide us over until next week … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
tide over — {v.} To carry past a difficulty or danger; help in bad times or in trouble. * /He was out of work last winter but he had saved enough money to tide him over until spring./ * /An ice cream cone in the afternoon tided her over until supper./… … Dictionary of American idioms
tide over — {v.} To carry past a difficulty or danger; help in bad times or in trouble. * /He was out of work last winter but he had saved enough money to tide him over until spring./ * /An ice cream cone in the afternoon tided her over until supper./… … Dictionary of American idioms
tide over — transitive verb Etymology: 2tide Date: 1821 to support or enable to survive temporarily < money to tide us over until payday > … New Collegiate Dictionary