"tide over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tide over.ogg Forms: tides over [present, singular, third-person], tiding over [participle, present], tided over [participle, past], tided over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tide over (third-person singular simple present tides over, present participle tiding over, simple past and past participle tided over)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To support or sustain (someone), especially financially, for a limited period. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-tide_over-en-verb-j3XLVt53
  2. (transitive, obsolete outside India) To endure; weather. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tide_over-en-verb-HYYRsavP Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hold over, tide through, carry through Derived forms: tideover [adjective] Translations (to help out): dépanner (French), avancer (French), überbrücken (German), выруча́ть (vyručátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), спаса́ть (spasátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), sacar de apuro (Spanish), sacar del apuro (Spanish), sustentar (Spanish), sostener (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to help out': 54 46

Inflected forms

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