bide one's time

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === bide one's time (third-person singular simple present bides one's time, present participle biding one's time, simple past bode one's time or bided one's time, past participle bidden one's time or bided one's time) (intransitive, idiomatic) To wait, especially for a suitable opportunity. ==== Synonyms ==== cool one's heels, kick one's heels; See also Thesaurus:wait ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === cool one's heels mark time stall for time wait and see === References === “bide one’s time”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.