idiom · informal
weather the storm
UK/ˈwɛðə ðə stɔːm/US/ˈwɛðər ðə stɔrm/WEATH·er the STORM
speakingtask2
to survive a difficult or dangerous period
Examples
“Many small businesses managed to weather the storm during the recession.”
“We had to weather the storm until demand recovered.”
“She helped the team weather the storm by staying calm.”
Band 8 sentence
“When our small business hit a downturn, we had to weather the storm by cutting non-essential spending and focusing on core clients.”
Collocations
- weather the economic storm
- weather the storm of criticism
Word family
weather the storm idiom
Common mistakes
weather storm→weather the storm
Say it for a higher band
5get through problems→6get through a difficult time→7+weather the storm
Synonyms
ride out the storm
Easily confused
ride out the storm
“The company managed to ride out the storm and stayed in business.”
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