See go with the flow of traffic on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2017, Stefan Gossling, The Psychology of the Car: Automobile Admiration, page 160:",
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"ref": "2017, J. R. Bouchard, The Plan, page 281:",
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"To drive a vehicle at approximately the speed of other vehicles on the road, irrespective of the speed limit."
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"ref": "2015, Greg Hogben, My Daughter's Army, page 67:",
"text": "I had to get Sera off it as soon as I could, and the fastest way to do that was to go with the flow of traffic heading toward Brooklyn.",
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"ref": "2013, Quentin Bates, Chilled to the Bone: An Icelandic Thriller, page 19:",
"text": "She decided to go with the flow of traffic and let it take her through the city and out the other side, with a stop at one of the big supermarkets at the busiest time of the day to shop for the week's groceries en route.",
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"(idiomatic) To drive so as to blend in with traffic."
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