bide
verb (used with object)
to endure; bear.
have bided
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present perfectof bide.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In his first 15 seasons with the Dodgers, Kershaw could have bided his time to prepare for the next encounter with Moreno at third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
There are characters in spaghetti westerns who have bided their time and planned their revenge quest less doggedly than Coleen.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2019
After seizing some 70,000 weapons from armories when the Shah fell from power in 1979, they have bided their time, waiting for the proper moment to challenge the mullahs.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘We’re lost. We did what he wanted us to! We should have bided our time, talked to the enemy, figured out a plan. That always works!’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
They could have bided their time until the borders eventually reopened or gone through legal channels to get us green cards before we left Iran, but that would have likely taken years.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
