out|bid

out|bid
out|bid «owt BIHD», transitive verb, -bid, -bid or -bid|den, -bid|ding.
1. to bid higher than (someone else), as in a card game.
2. to underbid: »

Three firms from the United States…outbid British and Belgian companies for Government contracts (London Times).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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