tide sb over (sth)
— phrasal verb with tide uk/taɪd/us/taɪd/verb
to help someone to work or operate normally through a difficult period, usually by lending them money:
Can you lend me some money to tide me over till the weekend?
Have another piece of cake. It'll tide you over till supper.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- stake sb to sth
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
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