tie over

To support someone through a period of difficulty or scarcity: Dinner is not for three hours, but this apple should tie me over.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Emmett	['emit]
Ciriaco	chee-ree-AH-ko (Italian), thee-ree-AH-ko (Spanish), see-ree-AH-ko (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Vlatko	-	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
&Thorn;OrbjÖRn	-	Icelandic
Georgie	JOR-jee	English
Sarah	['seirə]