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flood tide

flood·tide

uncommon

noun

1.

the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

  • “the climax of the artist”
  • “;”
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2.

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

  • “a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune” Shakespeare
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