All bide one's time synonyms

verb bide one's time

• stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
• hang — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• await — If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
• watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• foresee — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
• tarry — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
• abide — to tolerate; put up with
• bide — to continue in a certain place or state; stay
• dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
• anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
• hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• linger — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
• mark time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• cool it — If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
• hang out — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• hold on — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• hold the phone — not hang up
• lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• lie low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
• put on hold — suspend
• stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
• stay put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• hole up — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
• sit tight — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
• look for — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• look forward to — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• sweat it — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
• tread water — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• cool one's heels — to wait or be kept waiting
• coast — The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
• float — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.