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Collocations for tide - noun

1. change in the level of the sea

ADJ.

big, strong | flood, incoming, rising | ebb, outgoing | full, high | low | neap, spring

VERB + TIDE

catch
(= to take advantage of a favourable tide) We have to get up early to catch the tide.

TIDE + VERB

be in | be out | come/flow in, rise | ebb, fall, flow/go out, retreat | be on the turn, turn | occur
the time of day when the highest tides occur
wash sb/sth up
The body was washed up by the tide the next day.

PREP.

at … ~
Seals lie on the rocks at low tide.
on a/the ~
We went out to sea on the ebb tide.

PHRASES

the ebb and flow of the tide

2. strong movement in favour of/against sth

ADJ.

growing, rising
the rising tide of crime
shifting | political
He hasn''t the courage to swim against the political tide.

VERB + TIDE

go with | go/swim against | stem, turn (back)
attempts to stem the tide of revolution

TIDE + VERB

run
Seeing the tide was now running in his direction, he renewed his campaign for reform.
carry sb/sth along | turn
The tide of public opinion seems to be turning at last.

PREP.

against a/the ~
It takes courage to speak out against the tide of public opinion.
on a ~
They were carried along on a tide of euphoria.
~ against, ~ in favour of
Civil liberties groups helped to turn the tide against industrial violence.

PHRASES

a tide of history
the shifting tides of history
the turn of the tide
In the early 1990s there was a marked turn of the tide.

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