ride out the storm
idiom
: to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged too much
It was a difficult time but they managed to ride out the storm.
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These conditions seem to have the opposite effect, putting deer on their bellies to ride out the storm, usually in some kind of protective cover that offers a bit of relief from a soaking, such as conifers or dense brush.
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Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
One Silicon Valley Bank employee, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, was dumbfounded by how Becker publicly acknowledged the extent of the bank’s financial troubles before privately lining up the necessary financial support to ride out the storm.
—Mark Thompson, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
Some of the kidney center’s patients might have chosen to ride out the storm regardless of official warnings.
—Neelam Bohra, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
Both had made the same determinations about the risk of the weather conditions and, in spite of their race plans, hunkered down to ride out the storm.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2022
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Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
One Silicon Valley Bank employee, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, was dumbfounded by how Becker publicly acknowledged the extent of the bank’s financial troubles before privately lining up the necessary financial support to ride out the storm.
—Mark Thompson, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
Some of the kidney center’s patients might have chosen to ride out the storm regardless of official warnings.
—Neelam Bohra, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
Both had made the same determinations about the risk of the weather conditions and, in spite of their race plans, hunkered down to ride out the storm.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2022
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“Ride out the storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ride%20out%20the%20storm. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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