TIDE, GO ALONG WITH THE

act in accordance with a general tendency, custom, etc. —Academy Level I Glossary - Approved November 1990

to act in accordance with a general custom, tendency, etc.; to act in conformity with the majority. Tide as used here means current, drift or tendency as of ideas or events and alludes to the movement of the sea which rises and falls creating an alternate inflow and outflow on a coast.act in accordance with a general tendency, custom, etc.