Meaning of ride the crest of the wave | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To go through a period of maximal prosperity.
   idiomatic
2. To exploit an exceptional success.
   idiomatic
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ride, the, crest, of, the, wave.

Examples

“Some days we gracefully ride the crest of the wave all the way into shore, and the next day it crashes over us and takes us under. Which waves we catch and which ones catch us is anyone's guess.”

“le Corbusier and his clients were, for a brief while, among the few who continued to ride the crest of the wave following the stock market crash of 1929. The architect was besieged by commissions to create luxurious residences.”

“I believe that had I continued to ride the crest of the wave of success from my initial springboard of The Facts of Life fame, I would not have become the deeply compassionate human being that I am.”

“Similarly, a person on a surfboard desiring to ride the crest of the wave in a path parallel to the beach would have to move at this same phase velocity.”

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