flood tide Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
climax.
- the climax of the artist's career
- in the flood tide of his success
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noun the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
flood; rising tide.
- a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare