full tide

noun, adv — 2 senses

full tide

noun

1

Synonym of high tide (“the highest level of the tide”).

full tide

adv

1

Idiomatic Strongly; with full power; full-bore.

The taste for out-door life and green fields came back full tide on all our writing after the coffeehouse life of the last century[.]1867 May 24, The Ballarat Star, Victoria, page 4, column 3:
And joyfulness comes on full tide with them for evermore.1918 May 20, The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate, NSW, page 4, column 1:

2 more examples

"Gosh, that drink was good," Ulysses declared cheerily. His optimism swung back full tide.1935 March 30, The Northern Herald, Cairns, Qld, page 26, column 1:
"I see she's back full tide on the booze again."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 165:

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