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1. 21-07-2009 17:54

You are incorrect. 
 
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-tid1.htm 
 
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/tide+over.html

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2. 14-11-2009 00:25

Manbitesdog is correct. If our friend borrows the five dollars, it will 'tide him over' until he next gets paid. 
The term has nothing to do with 'tides' of hunger, but is a hangover from nautical jargon and refers to the extra help the tide gives to a vessel crossing a sandbank, reef or similar obstruction, that might otherwise get stuck. 
 
'Tie me over' is meaningless. 
 
And to 'hold something over' means something entirely different again.

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3. 31-12-2009 01:18

This is a frightening example of how so-called experts perpetuate nonsense. Frightening! Before you pretend to be an expert and claim to know what you are talking about, first check it out...

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4. 29-01-2010 15:32

The above comments are correct. The correct expression is tide.  
The expression comes from a swelling tide, which will carry you over some obstacle, with the implication that it won’t require effort on your part.

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5. 12-02-2010 14:32

The proper phrase is "tide over" and it is used as a verb transitive. It is common to see that phrase modified to "tide me over" as a way of identifying the subject of the action. Check out Merriam Webster.

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6. 12-03-2010 02:30

this is hilarious and wrong

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7. 09-06-2010 05:22

I think this all jackassery!

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8. 24-08-2010 14:18

I lol'd.

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9. 05-09-2010 07:03

Pools don't have tides!

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10. 16-09-2010 02:14

"tide over" 
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/tide-over.html

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11. 05-10-2010 18:20

The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first definition of "tide", when used as a verb as 
 
a. To carry, as the tide does.  
 
b. To carry through (an undertaking) (obs.); to enable (a person) to surmount (a difficulty, etc) as on a swelling tide. 
 
Both a and b are followed by several examples of this usage including, after b: "We should like to tide him over his low-water difficulties."  
 
The fifth definition of "tide" as a verb is specifically of its use with the word "over": "intr. fig To tide over: to get over or surmount (a difficulty, time of stress, etc) as if by rising on the flowing tide or by taking advantage of a favorable tide" And it is followed by several examples of the actual use of this phrase.  
 
Most of the examples in the OED come from the early 19th century, or before-- before the age of railroads. The tide was probably a more forceful image then than now.

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12. 16-02-2011 19:27

TIDE not TIE!

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13. 28-03-2011 23:05

"pools don't have tides" LOL nice

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14. 15-05-2011 21:33

I'm so offended that this is the second entry on google when you type in "tide me over" considering how absolutely wrong and absent of fact or proof to back up these asinine claims it is.

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15. 12-10-2011 10:26

I like to party, not look arctiels up online. You made it happen.

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