bide your time
Definition
› to wait for an opportunity to do something: She was biding her time until she could get her revenge. → See also half-time → See also local time → See also in the nick of time → See also night-time → See also prime time → See also a race against time/the clock
(Definition of bide your time from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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