flood tide

Noun
  1. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (synset 107431643)
    "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
    is a type of: juncture, occasion - an event that occurs at a critical time
    same as: climax
  2. The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) (synset 107417630)
    "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"
    is a type of: tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
    same as: flood, rising tide

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