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goes with the flow of traffic

goes with the flow of traffic is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go with the flow of traffic.

Meaning of go with the flow of traffic

Verb

go with the flow of traffic (third-person singular simple present goes with the flow of traffic, present participle going with the flow of traffic, simple past went with the flow of traffic, past participle gone with the flow of traffic)

  1. (idiomatic) To drive a vehicle at approximately the speed of other vehicles on the road, irrespective of the speed limit.
    • I was just going with the flow of traffic, and I just happened to look down and I was going a little bit faster than the speed limit.2017, Stefan Gossling, The Psychology of the Car: Automobile Admiration, page 160
  2. (idiomatic) To drive so as to blend in with traffic.
    • I had to get Sera off it as soon as I could, and the fastest way to do that was to go with the flow of traffic heading toward Brooklyn.2015, Greg Hogben, My Daughter's Army, page 67

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Goes with the flow of traffic is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go with the flow of traffic.

Words near goes with the flow of traffic in the dictionary

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