woebetide

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A form of woe betide — Used to warn someone that trouble will occur if that person does something: bad things will happen to.

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Meanings

verb
  1. alternativeAlternative form of woe betide.

    However, woebetide the male who takes that downward step into femininity.

    1989, Annie Woodhouse, “Conclusion: Transvestism and the Politics of Gender”, in Fantastic Women: Sex, Gender and Transvestism, Basingstoke, Hampshire; London: Macmillan Education, →DOI, →ISBN, page 137
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