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out⋅bid

  [out-bid]
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–verb (used with object), -bid, -bid⋅den or -bid, -bid⋅ding.
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
Origin:
1580–90; out- + bid

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

Out*bid"\, v. t. [imp. Outbid or Outbade (?); p. p. Outbid or Outbidden (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outbidding.] To exceed or surpass in bidding.

Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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