Antonyms for bide time
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : baɪd |
Definition of bide time
Origin :- Old English bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely" (cognate with Old Norse biða, Old Saxon bidan, Old Frisian bidia, Middle Dutch biden, Old High German bitan, Gothic beidan "to wait"), apparently from PIE *bheidh-, an extended stem of one root of Old English biddan (see bid (v.)), the original sense of which was "to command," and "to trust" (cf. Greek peithein "to persuade," pistis "faith;" Latin fidere "to trust," foedus "compact, treaty," Old Church Slavonic beda "need"). Perhaps the sense evolved in prehistoric times through "endure," and "endure a wait," to "to wait." Preserved in Scotland and northern England, replaced elsewhere by abide in all senses except to bide one's time. Related: Bided; biding.
- As in sit tight : verb be patient, wait
- As in wait : verb pause, rest
- As in mark time : verb wait around
- As in tread water : verb wait
- As in wait and see : verb watch and wait
- As in delay : verb cause stop in action
- Prince Ching, as well as the empress dowager, seemed to waver, or at least to bide time.
- Extract from : « Japan » by Various
- He knew how to bide time, and was less apt to run ahead of public thought than to lag behind.
- Extract from : « Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday » by Various
Synonyms for bide time
- abide
- adjourn
- anticipate
- arrest
- await
- bar
- bide
- bide one's time
- bide time
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- coast
- confine
- cool it
- cool one's heels
- curb
- dally
- dawdle
- defer
- delay
- detain
- deter
- dilly-dally
- discourage
- drag
- encumber
- expect
- filibuster
- fill time
- float
- foresee
- gain time
- hamper
- hang
- hang around
- hang onto your hat
- hang out
- hold
- hold back
- hold everything
- hold on
- hold over
- hold the phone
- hole up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- keep
- keep back
- keep shirt on
- keep your shirt on
- lag
- lay over
- lie in wait
- lie low
- linger
- loiter
- look for
- look forward to
- mark time
- obstruct
- pass time
- play a waiting game
- postpone
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- put off
- put on hold
- queue up
- remain
- remand
- repress
- restrict
- retard
- save it
- shelve
- sit tight
- sit up for
- slacken
- stall
- stand by
- stave off
- stay
- stay put
- stay up for
- stick around
- suspend
- sweat it
- table
- tarry
- temporize
- tread water
- wait
- watch
- withhold
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