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bids fair

bids fair is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bid fair.

Meaning of bid fair

Verb

bid fair (third-person singular simple present bids fair, present participle bidding fair, simple past bade fair, past participle bidden fair)

  1. (usually) To have a reasonable claim; to seem likely.
    • A number of the phrases current in St. Giles's Greek bid fair to become legitimatised in the dictionary of this colony: plant, swag, pulling up, and other epithets of the Tom and Jerry school, are established — […]1828, Peter Miller Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, page 52

Questions about bids fair

What is bids fair the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bids fair is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bid fair.

Words near bids fair in the dictionary

  1. bidriwares
  2. bids
  3. bids adieu
  4. bids defiance to
  5. bids down
  6. bids fair
  7. bids in
  8. bids off
  9. bids up
  10. bids wanted
  11. Bidston

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