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    • Couch Potatoeundefined
      Couch Potatoe
      last edited by admin

      Transitive verb.

      To not push against prevailing behavior/norms/attitudes, occassionally including bowing to peer pressure.

      To not attempt to exert a large amount of influence on the course of events, whether a specific series of events or events in general. A person who does this is often referred to as laidback or easygoing.

      Past tense: went with the flow

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        Go with the flow meaning & definition 1 of Go with the flow.

      • Little_Girlundefined
        Little_Girl
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        when you just dont know what is goin on and lay back to see whats gonna happen... You just go with the flow

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          Go with the flow meaning & definition 2 of Go with the flow.

        • Little_Girlundefined
          Little_Girl
          last edited by admin

          <verb> Colloquial expression;
          To go with the flow means to not have a particularly strong opinion on something, and thus follow the majority.
          ==> First known to be used by the Roman Emperor Marcus Arelius (yes, the one from Gladiator) in his writings the Meditations. Marcus wrote a lot about the flow of thoughts and happiness and he concluded that most things flow naturally and in his opinion it was better to Go with the Flow than to try and change society.

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          • Little_Girlundefined
            Little_Girl
            last edited by admin

            <verb> Colloquial expression;
            To go with the flow means to not have a particularly strong opinion on something, and thus follow the majority.
            ==> First known to be used by the Roman Emperor Marcus Arelius (yes, the one from Gladiator) in his writings the Meditations. Marcus wrote a lot about the flow of thoughts and happiness and he concluded that most things flow naturally and in his opinion it was better to Go with the Flow than to try and change society.

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              Go with the flow meaning & definition 4 of Go with the flow.

            • Camiundefined
              Cami
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              to do what other people are doing or to agree with other people because it is the easiest thing to do:

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                Go with the flow meaning & definition 5 of Go with the flow.

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