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
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
Vain is his force:—our holy sanctuary, Whate'er betides, shall give your virtue shelter; And peace, and piety, alone, approach you.
From The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Robert Jephson
When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Henry Morley
