- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bide. “That fine, sturdy verb, "bides" – as in "bides cold" –
belongs to Old English, of course ( "abidan").” “Sort of comes
across like we might see Boom Tubes pop up "from glen to glen
and down the mountainside" (read: freaking everywhere), and
Montoya's gotta ride it out on her own for a bit while Charlie
"bides" (his time?)” “I get that the no drama approach, where
Obama bides his time and gently nudges forward as various
political crises pass, was probably the best hope for passing
something as huge as HCR.” “Jed substitute teaches elementary
school to get by while he bides his time.” “An interrogator who
listens carefully, bides his time, and then starts catching the
suspect in contradictions, can have a huge effect on the
suspect.” “People familiar with the matter say that there's been
relatively little individual coaching of him as the Knicks'
staff bides its time until there's more familiarity between the
coaches and star.” “This Freddy is