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bidden one's time

bidden one's time is the past participle of bide one's time.

Meaning of bide one's time

Verb

bide one's time (third-person singular simple present bides one's time, present participle biding one's time, simple past bode one's time or bided one's time, past participle bidden one's time or bided one's time)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait, especially for a suitable opportunity.
    • Ravenswood, who had assumed the disguise of a sewer upon the occasion, answered, in a stern voice, “I bide my time”; and at the same moment a bull’s head, the ancient symbol of death, was placed upon the table.1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter III, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume I (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for...

Questions about bidden one's time

What is bidden one's time the past participle of?
Bidden one's time is the past participle of bide one's time.

Words near bidden one's time in the dictionary

  1. Biddelian
  2. Biddelians
  3. Biddell
  4. bidden
  5. bidden defiance to
  6. bidden one's time
  7. bidden tryst
  8. Biddenden
  9. Biddenham
  10. bidder
  11. Bidder's organ

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