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bide one's time
bide one's time
bide one's time
Wait for the opportune moment, as in
The cat sat in front of the mousehole, biding its time
. This phrase employs the verb
to bide
in the sense of "to wait for," a usage dating from about a.d. 950 and surviving mainly in this locution.
See also:
bide
,
time
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Cervantes
[sə:'væntiz]
Brutus
-
Ancient Roman
Sascha
ZAH-shah
German
Ronen
-
Hebrew
Cowessess
-
Native American, Ojibwe
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