bide your time :
bide your time
wait quietly for a good opportunity
Bide in the sense of await is now only found in this expression. It has been superseded by abide in most of its other senses.
1991 - Gillian Slovo - The Betrayal - And so he bided his time, waiting, plotting, planning, looking for the signs that would be good for him.
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