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# betide

«betide» in Mova's school dictionary: **to happen to someone, usually something bad** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (betide, betides, betided, betiding) (old use; mostly used in «woe betide»)

### meaning for a pupil

To betide is to happen to someone, usually something bad. «Woe betide» means trouble will come to a person who does something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a warning: «woe betide» is said to frighten someone who breaks a rule.

### examples

- Woe betide thee, nag! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/#x1)
- Woe betide anyone who opens the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/#x2)
- No harm can betide you while you are with your guide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «betide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.