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Outbid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To bid higher than: We outbid our rivals at the auction.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To bid more than somebody else in an auction.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To exceed or surpass in bidding; to bid a higher price.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To bid more than; go beyond in the offer of a price.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. bid higher than others

v. bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled

Word Usage

"Sir William Hamilton, he obtained a chance to take impressions of rare cameos from Italy and Pompeii; later the Duke of Portland, who you may recall outbid him at the sale of the world-famed Portland Vase, allowed him to copy it."

Verb Form

outbidding outbids

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tender offer bid call

Variant

outbidden outbidding

Form

outbade outbidden outbidding