tread water

phrase

: to keep the body nearly upright in the water and the head above water by a treading motion of the feet usually aided by the hands

Examples of tread water in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now in his sixth Angels season, Detmers has strung together a series of wins for an Angels team that is hardly treading water in the American League. — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Turn to face the shore, tread water, and signal for help by calling out or waving your arms. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026

Rhymes for tread water

• backwater
• bathwater
• blackwater
• breakwater
• deepwater
• edgewater
• feedwater
• floodwater
• freshwater
• granddaughter
• groundwater
• headwater