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overbidding

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o⋅ver⋅bid

  [v. oh-ver-bid; n. oh-ver-bid] verb, -bid, -bid⋅ding, noun
Use overbidding in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bid more than the value of (a thing): to overbid one's cards.
2. to outbid: She overbid him for the painting.
–verb (used without object)
3. to bid more than the actual value or worth: a tendency to overbid at auctions; to overbid at bridge.
–noun
4. a higher bid.
Origin:
1610–20; over- + bid 1
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o·ver·bid   (ō'vər-bĭd')   
v.   o·ver·bid, o·ver·bid·den (-bĭd'n) or o·ver·bid, o·ver·bid·ding, o·ver·bids

v.   tr.

  1. To outbid (a person) for something, as at an auction.

  2. Games To bid more than the value of (one's hand in bridge, for example).

v.   intr.
To bid higher than the actual value of something.
n.   (ō'vər-bĭd')
A bid higher than another bid.
o'ver·bid'der n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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