ebb and flow
Definition of ebb and flow
—used to describe something that changes in a regular and repeated way the ebb and flow of fashion the ebb and flow of human history
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: the reflux of the tide toward the sea
: a point or condition of decline
: to recede from the flood
: to fall from a higher to a lower level or from a better to a worse state
: to issue or move in a stream
: circulate
: to move with a continual change of place among the constituent particles
: an act of flowing
: flood
: flood
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