Travel

go with the flow

accept events as they happen

To go with the flow means to accept a situation and deal with events as they happen instead of trying to control everything.

B2 common mostly spoken

Hear it in real life

What are you doing this weekend?

Nothing is planned. I will just go with the flow.

Play the conversation

We had no fixed itinerary, so we went with the flow.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I go with ‸ flow when I travel.

Say: I go with the flow when I travel.

The idiom needs the article 'the' before 'flow'.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

go with the flow; went with the flow; try to go with the flow

Your turn: say it out loud

We had no fixed itinerary, so we went with the flow.

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go with the flow

accept events as they happen

“We had no fixed itinerary, so we went with the flow.”

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