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high tide
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high tide
(noun)
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high tide
noun
plural
high tides
high tide
noun
plural
high tides
Learner's definition of HIGH TIDE
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the tide when the water is at its highest level
At
high tide
the water covers the rocks completely.
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sometimes used figuratively
He became involved in social issues at the
high tide
of the civil rights movement. [=at the most active and important time of the civil rights movement]
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