verb
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(intr) bridge to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win
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to bid more than the value of (something)
noun
Etymology
Origin of overbid
Example Sentences
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“If there are eight answers, he’ll bid eight, rattle off six answers really quickly and then he’s like, ‘Oh no, I overbid.’
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2017
Meanwhile, some investors say the firm has often overbid for stakes in hot companies, driving up valuations more broadly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2016
Oil companies overestimated how much these tracts would produce, overbid to secure them, and thus saw poor returns.
From Time ● Jul. 30, 2013
Two franchisees on the East Coast mainline went bust having overbid, and several other franchisees are under what are touchingly called "special measures", having got into trouble through over-bidding.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012
“Don’t you think you overbid your hand just a little wee bit?”
From Miss Mapp by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
“The way the market is, people are just overbidding to just try to get in things.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
Not only would he have fewer points than larger food banks, he also might end up wasting them by overbidding.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2016
The contestant whose guess is closest to the actual price, without overbidding, wins the prize and progresses to the more lucrative pricing games where tens of thousands of dollars can be won.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2013
Despite the hype surrounding Sundance — publicists sent this reporter 419 unsolicited story pitches tied to the festival — seasoned buyers practiced what Mr. Redford preached and were cautious about overbidding.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2012
FLAG-FLYING The practice generally called "flag-flying" consists in overbidding an adverse declaration, which will surely result in game and rubber, with a holding which is not of sufficient strength to carry out the contract.
From Auction of To-day by Milton C. Work
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