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bide [baɪd] VB trans

1. bide:

to bide one's time

den rechten Augenblick [o. Moment] abwarten

2. bide dated:

to bide awhile

verweilen form

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to bide one's time

den rechten Augenblick [o. Moment] abwarten

to bide awhile

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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This decision had largely to do with their gut feeling of how the guerrilla presented himself: was he trustworthy or was he just biding his time? en.wikipedia.org

He spent the first two seasons biding his time in reserve grade and occasionally filling in for injuries in first grade. en.wikipedia.org

It's a bit tender and it's just a case of biding my time, he said. en.wikipedia.org

For the remainder of the year the two opposing generals bided their time. en.wikipedia.org

Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding his time with cheap pranks, gambling, liquor and cigarettes. en.wikipedia.org

He bided his time and waited for the opportune moment to strike back against this tyrant. en.wikipedia.org

Ken decides to bide his time and wait for an opening, and he pretends to be employed at the diner. en.wikipedia.org

Professional writers from the previous era were growing middle-aged, biding their time, and hoping for the monarchy to be restored. en.wikipedia.org

She then told her husband, who bided his time until the refinancing of the church was finished. en.wikipedia.org

The rival emperors bided their time making military preparations. en.wikipedia.org

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