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be·tide B0216600 (bĭ-tīd′)v. be·tid·ed, be·tid·ing, be·tides v.tr. To happen to. Used chiefly in the phrase woe betide. See Synonyms at happen.v.intr. To take place; befall. [Middle English bitiden : bi-, be- + tiden, to happen (from Old English tīdan; see tide2).]betide (bɪˈtaɪd) vbto happen or happen to; befall (often in the phrase woe betide (someone))[C13: see be-, tide2]be•tide (bɪˈtaɪd) v. -tid•ed, -tid•ing. v.t. 1. to happen to; befall: Woe betide the villain! v.i. 2. to happen. [1125–75; Middle English] betide Past participle: betided Gerund: betiding
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I betide | you betide | he/she/it betides | we betide | you betide | they betide |
Preterite |
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I betided | you betided | he/she/it betided | we betided | you betided | they betided |
Present Continuous |
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I am betiding | you are betiding | he/she/it is betiding | we are betiding | you are betiding | they are betiding |
Present Perfect |
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I have betided | you have betided | he/she/it has betided | we have betided | you have betided | they have betided |
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I was betiding | you were betiding | he/she/it was betiding | we were betiding | you were betiding | they were betiding |
Past Perfect |
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I had betided | you had betided | he/she/it had betided | we had betided | you had betided | they had betided |
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I will betide | you will betide | he/she/it will betide | we will betide | you will betide | they will betide |
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I will have betided | you will have betided | he/she/it will have betided | we will have betided | you will have betided | they will have betided |
Future Continuous |
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I will be betiding | you will be betiding | he/she/it will be betiding | we will be betiding | you will be betiding | they will be betiding |
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I have been betiding | you have been betiding | he/she/it has been betiding | we have been betiding | you have been betiding | they have been betiding |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been betiding | you will have been betiding | he/she/it will have been betiding | we will have been betiding | you will have been betiding | they will have been betiding |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been betiding | you had been betiding | he/she/it had been betiding | we had been betiding | you had been betiding | they had been betiding |
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I would betide | you would betide | he/she/it would betide | we would betide | you would betide | they would betide |
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I would have betided | you would have betided | he/she/it would have betided | we would have betided | you would have betided | they would have betided | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | betide - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"bechance, befallhap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
betideverb happen, chance, occur, take place, overtake, ensue, crop up (informal), transpire (informal), befall, come to pass, supervene, bechance Woe betide anyone who got in his way.betideverb1. To happen to one:befall, come.2. To take place:befall, come, come about, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire.Idiom: come to pass.Translationsbetide
woe betide (one)Unpleasant things will happen to one. And woe betide anyone who tries to ruin my plans!See also: betide, woeˌwoe beˈtide somebody (formal or humorous) there will be trouble for somebody: Woe betide anyone who arrives late!See also: betide, somebody, woe woe betide (someone)1. Used to express the wish for someone to experience misfortune.2. Used as a warning or allusion to negative consequences: "Even though my dad was no farmer, he was a crack shot and a very good hunter&.... woe betide the unwary moose that wandered down from Canada" (Howard Frank Mosher).See also: betide, woebetide Related to betide: woe betideSynonyms for betideverb happenSynonyms- happen
- chance
- occur
- take place
- overtake
- ensue
- crop up
- transpire
- befall
- come to pass
- supervene
- bechance
Synonyms for betideverb to happen to oneSynonymsverb to take placeSynonyms- befall
- come
- come about
- come off
- develop
- hap
- happen
- occur
- pass
- transpire
Synonyms for betideverb become ofSynonymsRelated Words- hap
- happen
- occur
- come about
- take place
- go on
- pass off
- fall out
- pass
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