bide one's time

Definitions

1. 1

   To wait, especially for a suitable opportunity.

   • Ravenswood, who had assumed the disguise of a sewer upon the occasion, answered, in a stern voice, “I bide my time”; and at the same moment a bull’s head, the ancient symbol of death, was placed upon the table.
   • I sat on the rug, biding my time / Drinking her wine / We talked until two / And then she said, "it's time for bed"
   • “Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die. Some say he’s still out there, bidin’ his time, like, but I don’ believe it.

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