betide
verb
[ bɪˈtʌɪd ]
• happen.
• "I waited with beating heart, not knowing what would betide"
Similar:
happen,
occur,
take place,
come about,
transpire,
arise,
chance,
result,
ensue,
follow,
develop,
supervene,
go down,
come to pass,
befall,
bechance,
hap,
arrive,
eventuate,
Origin:
Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + obsolete tide ‘befall’, from Old English tīdan ‘happen’, from tīd (see tide).
woe betide
• used humorously to warn (someone) that they will be in trouble if they do a specified thing.
• "woe betide anyone wearing the wrong colour!"
