go with the flow

Definition

› to do what other people are doing or agree with the opinions of others: When you’re new in a school, it’s easiest to just go with the flow for a while, and see what people are like.

(Definition of go with the flow from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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