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• stem the tide — If people try to stem the tide, they are trying to stop something unpleasant from getting worse, usually when they don t succeed …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• stem the tide —    If people try to stem the tide, they are trying to stop something unpleasant from getting worse, usually when they don t succeed.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you stem the tide (of events), you stop the development of something… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Stem the tide —   If people try to stem the tide, they are trying to stop something unpleasant from getting worse, usually when they don t succeed …   Dictionary of English idioms

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