betide
verb (used with object)
to happen to; come to; befall.
betides
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present tense formof betide (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But I have to wonder if, whatever betides, I can stay upbeat in spirit.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019
It fails to mention Ogden Nash's "One rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it,/ Which is you must never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it."
From Time Magazine Archive
Now woe to the warder, poor sinner, betides!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
I am glad you came to see me; and, whatever betides," he continued, huskily, "I hope you will think none the worse of me.
From Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain by Laura Jean Libbey
When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the center of gravity.
From School Reading by Grades Sixth Year by James Baldwin
