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to tread wa·ter
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Dictionary of Nautical Terms
to tread water
The practice in swimming by which the body is sustained upright, and the head kept above the surface.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of to tread water in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of to tread water in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of to tread water in a Sentence
The U.S. dollar will remain caught in the crossfire so to speak and likely to tread water.
A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.
We're continuing to essentially tread water. Apple's numbers were phenomenal but yet the stock is down. Why is that? I think people were expecting a blowout quarter ... so it's kind of a sell-the-news situation.
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