Thesaurus / bide
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In 1960, at 26, she sat for months in the forests of Tanzania, biding her time until chimpanzees accepted her presence and she could observe them up close.
THE ENDURING HOPE OF JANE GOODALLCIARA NUGENTSEPTEMBER 30, 2021TIMEThe Taliban could see how eager the Americans were to get out and so bided its time.
IT WASN’T HUBRIS THAT DROVE AMERICA INTO AFGHANISTAN. IT WAS FEAR.ROBERT KAGANAUGUST 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBlanchard will keep caring and searching and biding her time for the right one, and Delfina will keep vigilant about vacuum cleaners.
FOR SOME DOGS (AND HUMANS), THE PANDEMIC ADOPTION RUSH WAS MOSTLY A WAITING GAMEHAU CHUJUNE 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo we worked to first bring up other non controversial bills or bills that had bipartisan support, partly because we wanted them approved but also to bide more time.
IN TEXAS, DEMOCRATS GO ALL IN TO FIGHT VOTING RESTRICTIONSSANYA MANSOORJUNE 1, 2021TIMESo, whether they’re testing third-party cookie alternatives or still biding their time, many publishers are protective of their precious audience data and want to make sure it will be valued fairly by identity tech firms.
MEDIA BRIEFING: GIMME DATA CONTROL, SAY PUBLISHERS TO IDENTITY TECH FIRMSTIM PETERSONAPRIL 8, 2021DIGIDAYThat's going to make things lots easier for my scheme, 'but I'll 'bide a wee' before I spring it on the Pater.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDHe was perfectly contented to bide his time, remembering that adage: "All things come to him who waits."
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDI am not sure that she thinks of me otherwise than as a grown-up brotherbut I will bide my time.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATERLet him tak a spring on his ain fiddle, says a proverb that illustrates the coolness with which Donald will bide his time.
FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELLBut he could hardly have kept it up, lest the wind should change and it should bide with him, as the old women say.
A PRINCE OF CORNWALLCHARLES W. WHISTLERWORDS RELATED TO BIDE
- ambled
- crawled
- dallied
- dawdled
- dillydallied
- drifted
- faltered
- fool around
- frittered away
- goof off
- hesitated
- hobbled
- hung around
- hung out
- idled
- lagged
- lolled
- lumbered
- moped
- moseyed
- plodded
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- puttered
- remained
- sat around
- sauntered
- shuffled
- slouched
- staggered
- stayed
- stopped
- strolled
- stuck around
- tarried
- took one's time
- tooled
- tottered
- trailed
- traipsed
- trifled
- trudged
- vacillated
- waited
- waited around
- was dilatory
- was long
- was tardy
- ambles
- crawls
- dallies
- dawdles
- dillydallies
- drifts
- falters
- fool around
- fritters away
- goof off
- hangs around
- hangs out
- hesitates
- hobbles
- idles
- is dilatory
- is long
- is tardy
- lags
- lolls
- lumbers
- mopes
- moseys
- plods
- pokes
- procrastinates
- puts off
- putters
- remains
- saunters
- shuffles
- sits around
- slouches
- staggers
- stays
- sticks around
- stops
- strolls
- takes one's time
- tarries
- tools
- totters
- trails
- traipses
- trifles
- trudges
- vacillates
- waits
- waits around
- abide
- be left
- bide
- bivouac
- bunk
- cling
- continue
- delay
- dwell
- endure
- freeze
- go on
- halt
- hang
- hang out
- hold over
- hold the fort
- hover
- inhabit
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- lodge
- make camp
- nest
- outlast
- outlive
- pause
- perch
- persist
- prevail
- put on hold
- remain standing
- reside
- rest
- roost
- sit out
- sit through
- sit tight
- sojourn
- squat
- stand
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay over
- stay put
- stick around
- stop
- survive
- tarry
- visit
- wait
- abided
- be left
- bivouacked
- boded
- bunked
- clung
- continued
- delayed
- dwelt
- endured
- froze
- halted
- held over
- held the fort
- hovered
- hung
- hung out
- inhabited
- kept on
- lasted
- lingered
- lived
- lodged
- made camp
- nested
- outlasted
- outlived
- paused
- perched
- persisted
- prevailed
- put on hold
- remain stood
- resided
- rested
- roosted
- sat out
- sat through
- sat tight
- sojourned
- squatted
- stayed behind
- stayed in
- stayed over
- stayed put
- stood
- stopped
- stuck around
- survived
- tarried
- visited
- waited
- went on
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