ADJ

big, strong
flood, incoming, rising
ebb, outgoing
full, high
low
neap, spring

VERB + TIDE

catch (= to take advantage of a favourable tide)
We have to get up early to catch the tide

TIDE + VERB

be in
be out
come/flow in, rise
ebb, fall, flow/go out, retreat
be on the turn, turn
occur
the time of day when the highest tides occur
wash sb/sth up
The body was washed up by the tide the next day

PREP

at … ~
Seals lie on the rocks at low tide
on a/the ~
We went out to sea on the ebb tide

PHRASES

the ebb and flow of the tide

ADJ

growing, rising
the rising tide of crime
shifting
political
He hasn't the courage to swim against the political tide

VERB + TIDE

go with
go/swim against
stem, turn (back)
attempts to stem the tide of revolution

TIDE + VERB

run
Seeing the tide was now running in his direction, he renewed his campaign for reform
carry sb/sth along
turn
The tide of public opinion seems to be turning at last

PREP

against a/the ~
It takes courage to speak out against the tide of public opinion
on a ~
They were carried along on a tide of euphoria
~ against, ~ in favour of
Civil liberties groups helped to turn the tide against industrial violence

PHRASES

a tide of history
the shifting tides of history
the turn of the tide
In the early 1990s there was a marked turn of the tide