outbid
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
outbid (third-person singular simple present outbids, present participle outbidding, simple past outbid or outbidded, past participle outbid or outbidden or outbidded)
- (transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.
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- 2008, Michael Marra, A Host of Suspects, page 139:
- You must understand that there are people who strive and save their whole lives to acquire something, and when they are simply outbidded or outfoxed by me, it is not taken with a delicate smile.
Translations
to bid more than somebody else
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References
- “outbid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “outbid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.