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What (who) is Betide - definition
betide
If you say woe betide anyone who does a particular thing, you mean that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do it. (FORMAL)
Woe betide anyone who got in his way.
PHRASE: PHR n
betide
I. v. a.
Befall, overtake, bechance, happen to, come to.
II. v. n.
Happen, befall, bechance, come to pass, occur, take place.
Examples of use of Betide
1. Woe betide any companion who nodded off listening to this droning saloon bar bore.
2. Woe betide any minister who says, Hold on, Prime Minister, are you sure?
3. Choc–snobbery is rife – and woe betide those who haven‘t grasped the basics.
4. Woe betide anyone who cracks a joke going through the screening process.
5. Yet woe betide any holidaymaker who dispenses with this window–dressing.