Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic, transitive)To support or sustain (someone), especially financially, for a limited period.

    Could you lend me ten pounds to tide me over till payday?

    Would a small snack tide you over until dinner?

    überbrücken

    выруча́тьvyručátʹ, спаса́тьspasátʹ

  2. (transitive)To endure; weather.

More definitions
  • suffice for a period between two points

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom needs some money to tide him over.

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  2. Because of his determination, he was able to tide over the crisis.

    Завдяки своїй рішучості, він зміг подолати кризу.

    ruБлагодаря своей решительности он смог преодолеть кризис.

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  3. This will tide you over for a day or so.

    ruЭто поможет вам продержаться пару дней.

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  4. For good or ill, there is no way but this to tide over the difficulty.

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  5. I'm hungry so I'm going to make a snack to tide me over until dinner.

    ruЯ проголодался, сделаю перекусить, чтобы до ужина дотянуть.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to help out:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to help out:

Forms

tides over, tiding over, tided over, tided over
Base formtide over · to tide over
3rd person singulartides over
Present participletiding over
Past simpletided over
Past participletided over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytide over
he, she, ittides over

Past simpleLesson

all personstided over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tided over
he, she, ithas tided over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tide over

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedtideover

See also

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