Tide over meaning
Tide over is a phrasal verb that means to temporarily provide someone with something they lack.
- Past simple
- tided over
- Past participle
- tided over
- -ing form
- tiding over
What tide over means
temporarily supply shortageB2
To temporarily provide someone with something they lack
This loan should tide us over until the next payment.
Similar phrasal verbs
With over: run over, take over, go over to, spill over, tick over, change over, do over, get over, give over, give something over to something/someone.
Common questions
What does tide over mean?
To temporarily provide someone with something they lack.
What is the past tense of tide over?
Tided over, which is also its past participle.
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