bide
verb (used with object)
to endure; bear.
have been biding
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present perfect progressiveof bide.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Instead, they have been biding their time, visiting early voting states, delivering speeches and wooing donors as they assess the field.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Persuading clubs to release players in January has never been easy and United sources have felt most potential buyers have been biding their time until the full impact of World Cup performances is known.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2022
I have been biding my time while he tries to work things out and buy the business.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2020
In the meantime, legislative leaders have been biding their time.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2017
They were so promptly forthcoming that they might have been biding demand.
From The Conqueror by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
