Lord willing and the creek don't rise
Barring unforeseen circumstances.
Near-synonym: hopefully (sentence adverbial sense)
rise
UK /ɹaɪz/ US /ɹaɪz/
noun 6verb 5name 1
Definitions
verb
1
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
We watched the balloon rise.
Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.
2
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
3
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
4
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
The sun was rising in the East.
5
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
to rise from a chair or from a fall
noun
1
The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
The rise of the tide.
There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.
2
The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
The rise of the working class.
The rise of the printing press.
3
An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
4
Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
5
The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
noun
1
Alternative form of rice (“twig”).
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