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"etymology_text": "Here, flow is used in the sense of \"direction of movement.\"",
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"ref": "2016 August 28, Tom McCarthy, quoting Reince Priebus, “Reince Priebus on Trump campaign hires: ‘I go with the flow’”, in The Guardian",
"text": "“Look, you know, I go with the flow based on what the campaign wants to do,” Priebus told NBC’s Meet the Press. “I think Kellyanne is doing a phenomenal job. I don’t know Steve Bannon, to tell you the truth, very well.”",
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"(idiomatic) To act as others are acting, conforming to common behavior patterns with an attitude of calm acceptance."
],
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"word": "ride with the punches"
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"word": "take things as they come"
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"word": "blow with the wind"
},
{
"word": "float with the stream"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "mennä virran mukana"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "faire comme tout le monde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "mit dem Strom schwimmen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "na pigaíneis me ta nerá tous",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "να πηγαίνεις με τα νερά τους"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "iść z nurtem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "deixar-se ir na onda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plytʹ po tečéniju",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "плыть по тече́нию"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "okrenuti se kako vjetar puše"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "ir con la corriente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "contemporizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "följa med strömmen"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "hoûler avou les leus et bawer avou les tchéns"
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "mennä virran mukana"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "faire comme tout le monde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "mit dem Strom schwimmen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "na pigaíneis me ta nerá tous",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "να πηγαίνεις με τα νερά τους"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "iść z nurtem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "deixar-se ir na onda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plytʹ po tečéniju",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "плыть по тече́нию"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "okrenuti se kako vjetar puše"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "ir con la corriente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "contemporizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "följa med strömmen"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to act as others are acting",
"word": "hoûler avou les leus et bawer avou les tchéns"
}
],
"word": "go with the flow"
}
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