bide+one's+time
11bide one's time — wait until the right moment …
12to bide one's time — wait for the opportunity …
13bide — ► VERB archaic or dialect ▪ remain or stay in a place. ● bide one s time Cf. ↑bide one s time ORIGIN Old English …
14bide — (v.) O.E. bidan to stay, continue, live, remain, also to trust, rely (cognate with O.N. biða, O.S. bidan, O.Fris. bidia, M.Du. biden, O.H.G. bitan, Goth. beidan to wait ), apparently from PIE *bheidh , an extended stem of one root of O.E. biddan… …
15bide — [bīd] vi. bode or bided, bided, biding [ME biden < OE bidan, to stay, wait < IE base * bheidh (see BID1), prob. in sense “compel oneself,” hence, delay] Now Chiefly Dial. 1. to stay; continue 2. to dwell; reside 3 …
16bide — [OE] Bide appears to be related ultimately to Old English bēodan, partial source of modern English bid, but exactly how is not clear. It comes from a lengthened version of the same stem, producing a hypothetical Germanic *bīthan, and to all… …
17bide — [OE] Bide appears to be related ultimately to Old English bēodan, partial source of modern English bid, but exactly how is not clear. It comes from a lengthened version of the same stem, producing a hypothetical Germanic *bīthan, and to all… …
18time — See: ABOUT TIME, AGAINST TIME, AT A TIME, AT ONE TIME, AT THE SAME TIME, AT TIMES, BEHIND THE TIMES, BEHIND TIME, BIDE ONE S TIME, BIG TIME, EVERY TIME ONE TURNS AROUND, FOR THE TIME BEING, FROM TIME TO TIME, GIVE A HARD TIME, HAVE A TIME, HIGH… …
19time — See: ABOUT TIME, AGAINST TIME, AT A TIME, AT ONE TIME, AT THE SAME TIME, AT TIMES, BEHIND THE TIMES, BEHIND TIME, BIDE ONE S TIME, BIG TIME, EVERY TIME ONE TURNS AROUND, FOR THE TIME BEING, FROM TIME TO TIME, GIVE A HARD TIME, HAVE A TIME, HIGH… …
20time — See: about time, against time, at a time, at one time, at the same time, at times, behind the times, behind time, bide one s time, big time, every time one turns around, for the time being, from time to time, give a hard time, have a time, high… …
