bide your time

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to wait for the right time to do sth

In the movies · 6

• ...and then you and I will have to bide our time...Lolita1962
• So, what were you doing, biding your time? Toying with me?Se7en1995
• And in that abyss, the creature bides its time waiting to rise again.Aquaman2018

Learn it in full scenes

• Lolita1962
  • Humbert's Roman Ping-Pong With Quilty
  • Humbert Kills Quilty
  • Charlotte Shows Humbert the House