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a movie that bids fair to become a big hit [=a movie that will probably be very successful]
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bid fair — index promise (raise expectations) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bid fair — verb To have a reasonable claim; to seem likely. San Francisco bid fair to being as zany as New York. , Tea With the Black Dragon , 1983 … Wiktionary
bid fair — {v.}, {literary} To seem likely; promise. * /He bids fair to be a popular author./ * /The day bids fair to be warm./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bid fair — {v.}, {literary} To seem likely; promise. * /He bids fair to be a popular author./ * /The day bids fair to be warm./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bid\ fair — v literary To seem likely; promise. He bids fair to be a popular author. The day bids fair to be warm … Словарь американских идиом
bid fair — Promise, seem likely, offer a good prospect, present a fair prospect, make a fair promise … New dictionary of synonyms
bid fair to — archaic seem likely to. → bid for … English new terms dictionary
bid fair — phrasal to seem likely < a movie that bids fair to become a big hit > … New Collegiate Dictionary
bid fair — idi to seem likely: This entry bids fair to win first prize[/ex] … From formal English to slang
bid fair to — archaic or poetic/literary seem likely to the girl bade fair to be pretty … Useful english dictionary
