betide

verb

bi-ˈtīd How to pronounce betide (audio)
Definition of betidenext
as in to happen
to take place we will be happy in our new home, whatever may betide

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Recent Examples of betide Yet woe betide any of the sport’s experts who dare to suggest the dice may be even slightly loaded in India’s favour. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 18 June 2025 And woe betide the poor educator who, without first warning their students’ parents, makes a spontaneous remark that might offend someone’s religious beliefs. — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025 Woe betide anyone who bumps into Pansy on the street, but to watch her onscreen produces a kind of bruised exhilaration; her viciousness has an awesome life force. — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025 Disney recommends paying between 18% and 20% for service and woe betide anyone who tries to avoid that charge. — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Woe betide the ally who runs afoul of American progressive opinion. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023 Critics have been sent the season’s first four episodes, but woe betide anybody who spoils much of anything about this run of backstabbing adventures in the realm of excess. — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
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happen
Verb
  • His big adult break happened when visiting his sister in San Francisco in 1954.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers can model what happens if copper prices increase sharply or if a newer technology becomes commercially viable years from now.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of happen

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“Betide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betide. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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