Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To wait, especially for a suitable opportunity.

    den rechten Augenblick abwarten

    ждать своего́ ча́саždatʹ svojevó čása, выжида́ть своё вре́мяvyžidátʹ svojó vrémja

Examples

5 sentences

  1. We need to bide our time.

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  2. We just need to bide our time.

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  3. Tom and Mary remained at a distance, observing and biding their time.

    ruТом и Мэри держались поодаль, наблюдая и выжидая. — odexed

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  4. I decided to bide my time and wait for the argument to finish.

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  5. I've been biding my time.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity:

Forms

bides one's time, biding one's time, bode one's time, bidden one's time
Base formbide one's time · to bide one's time
3rd person singularbides one's time
Present participlebiding one's time
Past simplebode one's time / bided one's time
Past participlebidden one's time / bided one's time

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybide one's time
he, she, itbides one's time

Past simpleLesson

all personsbode one's time

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bidden one's time
he, she, ithas bidden one's time

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bide one's time

Synonyms

2 synonyms
cool one's heelskick one's heels

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmark time

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bidB2bidderbiddingB2bidebidetbiennialbier
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