tide over

1. 1.

   suffice for a period between two points

   “This money will keep us going for another year”

   Synonymsbridge overkeep going

   Broadersuffice

Questions about tide over

What does tide over mean?

tide over means "suffice for a period between two points".

What is another word for tide over?

Close synonyms include bridge over, keep going. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tide over a common word?

tide over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.