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What does betide mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word betide? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To happen to.
  2. (intransitive) To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall.
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Oh, yes, we thought it fair game to try and steal other people wood but woe betide anyone who tried to pilfer ours.
But woe betide the people when they have the effrontery to take a stand on higher principles.
If they go blitz-wacky against first-rate teams in the playoffs, woe may betide.
If you say you're coming for lunch at 1 then the dinner will be on the table at 1 and woe betide you if you are late.
At the end of his dive, woe betide any luckless invertebrate in the path of his trawl net.
And if someone is incapacitated and unable to make decisions for themselves, woe betide another person who might make a wrong decision for them.

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