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What is the past tense of bide?

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The past tense of bide is bode or bided.

The third-person singular simple present indicative form of bide is bides.

The present participle of bide is biding.

The past participle of bide is bided or bidden.

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Both of these ladies bided their time and proved to be quite calculating and ruthless.
In a second half that was not much prettier but laced with a tad more passion, they bided their time.
I suspect they probably bided their time until the furor over the May conference died down, before waiting to reassert their power and control.

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