Meaning of GO WITH THE FLOW - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So yesterday we looked at the English phrase,
"get your way" which means arguing to do something
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the way you want to do it.
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But the opposite of that is to "go with the
flow".
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So when you "go with the flow" it means that
you kind of just do what the whole group wants
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to do.
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So maybe you and some friends are trying to
decide where you want to go out to eat.
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And some of your friends want to go to a certain
restaurant and some of your friends want to
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go to a different one.
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And you just sit and quietly let everyone
decide and then when everyone's decided you
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just "go with the flow".
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You just do what most of the group has decided
they want to do.
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People like people who go with the flow I
think.
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