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betide

[bih-tahyd] / bɪˈtaɪd /


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A certain life was expected for you, and woe betide you if you went outside of that.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

And woe betide any member of the cabinet who upset his mistress.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

Woe betide the grounds passholder who shows up at the “wrong” entrance; you may be made to walk several blocks, though several on Monday attempted to argue with U.N. police.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022

“Woe betide those who clapped him as a saint.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2019

Woe betide the plant whose genetic program is mismatched to the latitude of the field in which it is planted!

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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