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 

• TIDE OVER (verb)

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