ebb and flow
Noun

ebb and flow

  1. The flowing out and in of the tide.
  2. (figuratively) A large flowing out and in.
    • 2001: I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway — The New Yorker Online, 29 Oct 2001
Verb

ebb and flow

  1. To alternately ebb and flow.
    • 1595 — William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, iv 3
      As true we are as flesh and blood can be: / The sea will ebb and flow, heaven show his face



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