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Meaning: (idiomatic)Togo througha period of maximalprosperity.2007August 28, James A. Morack,Learning from Life: Simple Ideas to Add More Joy to Your Life, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN, page172:Some days we gracefullyride the crest of the waveall 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.2008November 11, Nicholas Fox Weber,Le Corbusier, Knopf,→ISBN, page317:le Corbusier and his clients were, for a brief while, among the few who continued toride the crest of the wavefollowing the stock market crash of 1929. The architect was besieged by commissions to create luxurious residences.; (idiomatic)Toexploitan exceptionalsuccess.2011April 1, Geri Jewell, Ted Nichelson,I'm Walking as Straight as I Can: Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond, ECW Press,→ISBN:I believe that had I continued toride the crest of the waveof success from my initial springboard of The Facts of Life fame, I would not have become the deeply compassionate human being that I am.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeride,the,crest,of,the,wave.2011, A. S. Gilmour,Klystrons, Traveling Wave Tubes, Magnetrons, Crossed-Field Amplifiers, and Gyrotrons, Artech House,→ISBN, page347:Similarly, a person on a surfboard desiring toride the crest of the wavein a path parallel to the beach would have to move at this same phase velocity.
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