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bides one's time

bides one's time is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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...

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Bides one's time is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bide one's time.

Words near bides one's time in the dictionary

  1. bider
  2. biderivation
  3. biderivations
  4. biders
  5. bides
  6. bides one's time
  7. bides tryst
  8. bidesmosidic
  9. bidest
  10. bidet
  11. bidet shower

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