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Ebb and flow

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The flowing out and in of the tide.
  2. 2
    A large flowing out and in, or any waxing and waning of fortunes or activity. figuratively

    "October 29 2001, The New Yorker Online I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway."

Verb
  1. 1
    To alternately ebb and flow, as:; To recede and advance.

    "As true we are as flesh and blood can be: / The sea will ebb and flow, heaven show his face"

  2. 2
    To alternately ebb and flow, as:; To wax and wane. figuratively

    "The quality of his service game varied as the contest ebbed and flowed, but landing 54% of his first serves over the whole match was a telling statistic."

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