(intransitive, idiomatic) To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.

A person who is free to do what they like.

plural of one-time pad

(cryptography) A form of encryption where each bit or character from the plaintext is encrypted by a modular addition with a bit or character from a secret random key (or pad) of the same length as the plaintext.

Misconstruction of bide one's time or bode one's time

To hold a professional, political, etc. position for a set period of time. / Alternative form of serve time (“serve a jail sentence”)

present participle of serve one's time

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of serve one's time

simple past tense and past participle of serve one's time

past participle of bide one's time