Ebb and flow

From Fresh Dictionary

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English

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Noun Phrase

  1. the flowing out and in of the tide
  2. (figurative) a large flowing out and in
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Quotations

  • 1595?: The sea will ebb and flow, heaven show his face — William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, 1595
  • 2001: I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway — The New Yorker Online 29 Oct 2001
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