Politically, she tends to 'go against the tide' on her college campus. [=she tends to have different political opinions than most people on her college campus]
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]
The team was on a losing streak, but then 'the tide turned' [=their luck changed] and they went on to win the championship.
(..) Mm-hmm, someday, if you eat your eggs. You know, I could put half of that down as a deposit on the new place, spend or so on upgrades. The rest would tide us over till we got things going. Yeah. You really think this could work? You know what, Rico? I liked when I helped you out It was sort of (..)2005 TvShow: Six Feet Under Title: Everyone's Waiting Season: 5 Episode 12