ride it out
Weather the storm
To ride it out is to endure a difficult situation by waiting for it to pass rather than taking dramatic action.
The image is of a ship staying afloat through a storm: We don't have the cash to expand right now—we'll just have to ride it out.
The phrase suggests patience and resilience, trusting that conditions will eventually improve.
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- weather the stormEndure a difficult period
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- batten down the hatchesSecure against coming danger
- endureSuffer through without yielding
survive · persist · hunker down · hold the fort · hold on · grin and bear it · brace · patience · turbulence · waves · stay the course · steady · anchor · grit · resilience · shelter · pass · this too shall pass
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- endurancestamina, endure, perseverance, persistence, staying power
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
- pressureair pressure, blood pressure rise, blood pressure drop, barometric pressure, apply pressure
- holding firmhold, hold fast, hold firm, hold on, hold onto
ride it outflee
Depart swiftly from threat
quit · bail out · give up · abandon ship · run away
ride it outtake action
Begin doing something
intervene · take matters into one's own hands · nip it in the bud · take control · confront
ride it outgive in
Cease resistance, concede
capitulate · succumb · cave in · break down · fall apart
ride, out, rides, rode, ridden, riding, rider, riders, rideable