to outbid
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3.8
- verb
- /aʊtˈbɪd/
:
pujar más (que alguien)
- At the auction, she was determined to outbid anyone else for the rare painting.
- try to outbid
In order to achieve those goods, people have to outbid every other person in the room.
- In order to achieve those goods, people have to outbid every other person in the room.
- Tyson outbid another company, Smithfield, for IBP.
- So if you go you become too greedy, they will outbid you.
- So anyway, I go on socks and, and I and I'm getting outbid and so it gets up, gets up and I finally win it.
Examples
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I'm sure you read that a rival company just outbid you twice.
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Tyson outbid another company, Smithfield, for IBP.
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In order to achieve those goods, people have to outbid every other person in the room.
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Put them in a room together and try and outbid each other?
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I had to outbid 2 other buyers.
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And I got outbid on her curtains at the street auction.
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It's always fun to watch grown men in pastel pants outbid each other over a flower.
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But Amazon outbid them and they'll be streaming ten NFL games this year.
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When outside traders visited the island to buy fish and shellfish, the indigenous traders outbid them.
Academic text (1996) -
Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, facing an election in April 1996, sought to outbid the hard-liners in the opposition BJP.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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5.1
To offer a bid higher than others, often not reasonable in auctions or card games
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7.9
To make a higher bid after an opponent bids in a card game
To make a higher bid than the previous bid in a card game
Antonyms
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5.9
Offer to do work or sell something for a lower price than others to win a contract
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Etymology
The word outbid combines out-, meaning 'more than' as in outdo, and bid, meaning 'to offer money'. So, to outbid someone is to offer more money than they do, often seen at an auction.