go with the flow

1. Also, go with the tide. Move along with the prevailing forces, accept the prevailing trend, as in Rather than striking out in new directions, I tend to go with the flow, or Pat isn't particularly original; she just goes with the tide. The flow in the first and more colloquial term, which dates from the late 1900s, alludes to the ebb and flow of tides and probably gained currency because of its appealing rhyme.

Example Sentences

“He told me to go out there and have fun and just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.”

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"And he's an even better person. He told me to go out there, have fun, go with the flow."

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Yet there’s equal incentive to surrender, to go with the flow.

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I feel like I’m going with the flow, stopping and taking pictures and having a good time.

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Wednesday never does anything because she goes with the flow.

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