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go with the flow

go with the flow
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [goh with, with stressed th ee floh]
    • /goʊ wɪθ, wɪð stressed ði floʊ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [goh with, with stressed th ee floh]
    • /goʊ wɪθ, wɪð stressed ði floʊ/

Definitions of go with the flow words

  • verbal expression go with the flow take a relaxed approach 1
  • phrase go with the flow If you go with the flow, you let things happen or let other people tell you what to do, rather than trying to control what happens yourself. 0
  • noun go with the flow to conform to or accept, rather than resist, a trend, condition, development, etc. 0
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Parts of speech for Go with the flow

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Go with the flow

go with the flow popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for go with the flow

verb go with the flow

  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
  • wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
  • dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.

adj go with the flow

  • flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
  • supple — bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.
  • workable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
  • adaptable — If you describe a person or animal as adaptable, you mean that they are able to change their ideas or behaviour in order to deal with new situations.
  • compliant — If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
All 168 Synonyms of go with the flow

Antonyms for go with the flow

verb go with the flow

  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
  • incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
  • amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
  • intensify — to make intense or more intense.

adj go with the flow

  • rigid — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
  • inflexible — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
  • stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
  • unadaptable — capable of being adapted.
  • firm — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
All 73 Antonyms of go with the flow

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