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bided one's time

bided 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 bided one's time

What is bided one's time the past participle of?
Bided one's time is the past participle of bide one's time.

Words near bided one's time in the dictionary

  1. bide
  2. bide one's time
  3. bide tryst
  4. bideauxite
  5. bided
  6. bided one's time
  7. bided tryst
  8. bideficiencies
  9. bideficiency
  10. bideficient
  11. Bideford

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