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- verb Alternative form of
woe betide .
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Examples
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Blacks call each other “Nigger” all the time in the US (though woebetide any white person who does).
Purple Pain « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Behind the "woebetide the poor UK web start-up" debate, European activity in this sector is accelerating significantly, and the implications are no less profound.
Here comes IPTV – the open 4th platform? « Innovation Cloud 2006
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Behind the "woebetide the poor UK web start-up" debate, European activity in this sector is accelerating significantly, and the implications are no less profound.
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The desert plains in some places are traversed by deep _barrancas_, or gullies, worn down perpendicularly through the soil; and woebetide the unlucky horseman who may be journeying along the bottom of one of these when the wave of water comes down from some sudden cloud-burst in the mountains, which happens not infrequently.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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In the great gullies of the plains similar conditions occur, and woebetide the unfortunate horseman or foot passenger who may be journeying along them at the moment!
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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So many people fall down the rabbit hole of "gee, it seems reasonable." and woebetide anyone who naysays people like Carrey.
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Anyone who buys into the music industry's bleating about buying in every format or woebetide has been brainwashed.
A Whole Lotta Nothing mathowie 2009
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It might be supposed that the man with the revolver would triumph, but woebetide him if he fails to bring down his enemy -- both are darting about on their agile horses -- before the chambers are exhausted, for the other, whirling the rope aloft, lassoes him, and putting spurs to his own beast, drags the unfortunate man from his horse and gallops away across the plain, dragging him mercilessly to death among the rocks and thorns.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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