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bode one's time

bode one's time is the simple past 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 bode one's time

What is bode one's time the simple past of?
Bode one's time is the simple past of bide one's time.

Words near bode one's time in the dictionary

  1. boddle
  2. boddles
  3. Boddy
  4. Boddys
  5. bode
  6. bode one's time
  7. bode tryst
  8. Bode's law
  9. boded
  10. bodedst
  11. bodeful

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