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Verb: tide over  tId ow-vu(r)
  1. Suffice for a period between two points
    "We need something to tide over the gap in funding";
    - bridge over, keep going

Derived forms: tiding over, tides over, tided over

See also: bridge

Type of: answer, do, serve, suffice