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ebb and flow

noun

Definitions

  1. The flowing out and in of the tide.

  2. A large flowing out and in, or any waxing and waning of fortunes or activity.

    • October 29 2001, The New Yorker Online I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway.

  3. To alternately ebb and flow, as

    To alternately ebb and flow, as:

    • As true we are as flesh and blood can be: / The sea will ebb and flow, heaven show his face

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA