From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbidebide /baɪd/ verb 1 → bide your time2 [intransitive]WAIT old use to wait or stay somewhere, often for a long time SYN abide→ See Verb table
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bide• The nurse was biding her time till another idea came to her that would put her on top again.• He has bided his time, and now he feels he has arrived.• But he was biding his time.• He knows he would probably lose now and can afford to bide his time.• It was as if he was just biding his time.• Meanwhile, Mission Bay bided its time.• Bide your time, Lissa, she told herself, bide your time.• Be patient, tolerant and bide your time.Origin bide Old English bidan 