"bid one's time" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bids one's time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidding one's time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bid one's time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bid one's time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bid<,,bid> one's time"
      },
      "expansion": "bid one's time (third-person singular simple present bids one's time, present participle bidding one's time, simple past and past participle bid one's time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "bide one's time or bode one's time"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English misconstructions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1844, James Fenimore Cooper, Lucy Hardinge, British title of Miles Wallingford edition, A. and W. Galignani, chapter II, page 26",
          "text": "It is wonderful with what far-sighted patience one of these wretches will bid his time, in order to effect a favourite acquisition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 September 1, Associated Press, “McCain: Hurricane defense OK, could be better”, in USA Today",
          "text": "[Election 2008.] As anxious Republican delegates bid their time, President Bush on Monday headed for Texas, a state threatened by Hurricane Gustav.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misconstruction of bide one's time or bode one's time"
      ],
      "id": "en-bid_one's_time-en-verb-kWl~pWpp",
      "links": [
        [
          "bide one's time",
          "bide one's time#English"
        ],
        [
          "bode one's time",
          "bode one's time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bid one's time"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bids one's time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidding one's time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bid one's time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bid one's time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bid<,,bid> one's time"
      },
      "expansion": "bid one's time (third-person singular simple present bids one's time, present participle bidding one's time, simple past and past participle bid one's time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "bide one's time or bode one's time"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English misconstructions",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1844, James Fenimore Cooper, Lucy Hardinge, British title of Miles Wallingford edition, A. and W. Galignani, chapter II, page 26",
          "text": "It is wonderful with what far-sighted patience one of these wretches will bid his time, in order to effect a favourite acquisition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 September 1, Associated Press, “McCain: Hurricane defense OK, could be better”, in USA Today",
          "text": "[Election 2008.] As anxious Republican delegates bid their time, President Bush on Monday headed for Texas, a state threatened by Hurricane Gustav.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misconstruction of bide one's time or bode one's time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bide one's time",
          "bide one's time#English"
        ],
        [
          "bode one's time",
          "bode one's time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bid one's time"
}