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TIDE OVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffice for a period between two points

Example:

This money will keep us going for another year

Synonyms:

bridge over; keep going; tide over

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

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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