tide over

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To support or sustain (someone), especially financially, for a limited period.

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

2. verb To endure; weather.

Similar words

keep going bridge over hold over stay stand by underhold buoy see through upstay keep

Word family

tided over tides over tiding over