bide
verb (used with object)
to endure; bear.
are biding
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present progressiveof bide.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Many supporters are biding their time until the next election.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Opportunistic investors who could clear the market of unneeded office space and help lift values are biding their time, sitting on the sidelines, Lim said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023
For now, most British republicans are biding their time.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Many of those on waiting lists are biding their time before blastoff by signing up for training.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
They are biding their time for something, not yet fully developed.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Joseph Warren Keifer
