tide (someone) over

to supply someone with something they need for a short period.

We were lucky and got a small loan to tide us over until our customers began to pay us.

They're seeking food aid to tide over the starving population until the next harvest.

• be shot of something
• be shot to hell
• be shot to pieces
• be sick and tired of
• be sick and tired of doing something
• be sick and tired of something
• beside
• beside the point
• beside yourself
• be sitting in the catbird seat
• be sitting on a goldmine
• be sitting on tail
• be sitting on your tail
• be sitting pretty
• be six feet under
• be skating on thin ice
• be skin and bone
• be skin and bones
• be slow off the mark
• be slow on the draw
• be slow on the uptake
• be sneezed at
• be sniffed at
• be snowed under
• be soaked to the skin