goes with the flow
Doesn't resist change
Goes with the flow means accepting circumstances as they come rather than resisting or trying to control them.
Someone who goes with the flow adapts to situations without complaint: I had plans, but the weather changed, so I just went with the flow.
The image is of floating downstream rather than swimming against the current.
- roll with itAccept circumstances calmly
- path of least resistanceCourse requiring least effort
- non-resistanceChoosing not to oppose
- adjustChange to fit better
- calmFree from agitation
mellow out · harmonious · Taoism · accepting · serene · adapt · cooperative · easygoing · no worries · surrender · unperturbed · yield · content · accommodate · agreeable · detachment · water off a duck's back · Zen
goes with the flowrigid
Unable to bend
inflexible · swims upstream · set in one's ways · stubborn · unyielding
goes with the flowtakes charge
Begins directing others
takes the reins · takes control · assertive · domineering · forceful
goes with the flowmicromanages
Excessive control of minutiae
calculated · methodical · meticulous · deliberate · strategic
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