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Dictionary: out·bid   (out-bĭd') pronunciation
tr.v., -bid, -bid·den (-bĭd'n), or -bid, -bid·ding, -bids.
To bid higher than: We outbid our rivals at the auction.


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Placing a higher bid than a competitor. A person who has been outbid has lost the auction to the highest bidder.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled, in Bridge

Meaning #2: bid higher than others
  Antonym: underbid (meaning #2)


Translations: Outbid
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overbyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
overbieden, nog sterker overdrijven

Français (French)
v. tr. - surenchérir sur

Deutsch (German)
v. - überbieten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πλειοδοτώ, προσφέρω περισσότερα σε δημοπρασία

Italiano (Italian)
rilanciare su

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dar lance maior em licitação

Русский (Russian)
предложить больше

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sobrepujar, pujar más alto que, ofrecer más que

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bjuda över

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
在开价上战胜

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 在開價上戰勝

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (경매에서)~보다 비싸게 값을 부르다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - より高い値を付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزايد ( في المزاد)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הציע מחיר גבוה מ-, עבר את... באופן מוגזם‬


 
 
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