Synonyms for betide
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-tahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈtaɪd |
Définition of betide
Origin :- "to happen, befall," late 12c., from be- + tiden "to happen" (see tide).
- verb develop
- Once over this and into the guard-house, and we can never be flanked, whatever else betide.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Whatever might now betide, her mission was fulfilled, if she once got quietly away.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- Betide what might, it was not for Garnache to play the eavesdropper.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- Yet are we prepared, with an even mind and a trusting faith, for whatever may betide.
- Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
- But I must get to these Karakorum mountains, whatever may betide.
- Extract from : « The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains » by Augustus Henry Irby
- Whatever might betide, she was safe and sound—a Democratic Rock of Ages.
- Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb
- Whatever else betide, there has been a change that we cannot determine.
- Extract from : « The Treasure of the Humble » by Maurice Maeterlinck
- He hated Miriam, and there was no getting away from her whatever might betide.
- Extract from : « The History of Mr. Polly » by H. G. Wells
- She was trembling with fear lest worse might betide her even than this.
- Extract from : « Can You Forgive Her? » by Anthony Trollope
- Know ye that it shall not so betide, and I may but encounter them shortly.
- Extract from : « The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) » by Anatole France
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