Usually means: Halt or reverse an increase.
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  1. stem the tide: Merriam-Webster
  2. stem the tide: Wiktionary
  3. stem the tide: Dictionary.com

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  1. Stem The Tide: Investopedia

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  1. stem the tide: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stem the tide)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To slow or stop the flow of something.

Similar:
stem, stanch, suppress, restem, bog in, back up, put the brakes on, tamp down, bring up, stall, more...

Opposite:
accelerate, increase, intensify, exacerbate, worsen

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Similar:
stem, stanch, suppress, restem, bog in, back up, put the brakes on, tamp down, bring up, stall, more...

Opposite:
accelerate, increase, intensify, exacerbate, worsen



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