asking bid

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a conventional bid by which a bidder asks for specific information about the strength of his or her partner's hand in a given suit.

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Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

First recorded in 1935–40

Why, some might be asking, am I being so harsh on their work so soon after they died?
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I remember all our music appeared on Spotify overnight, without anybody asking us.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Many hold classes in their living rooms, asking students to help re-arrange and then later put back furniture.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

He lost his bid for a fourth term to George Pataki that year.
President Cuomo Would’ve Been a Lion|Jonathan Alter|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Here were the sources (in part) of the Po and of the Rhine, but I was rather in haste to bid the former good-bye.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
I didn't much like his offhand way of asking; not that it wasn't a perfectly legitimate query.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
"From what I have heard, I think I may be free to discuss this," and she paused again, with her eyes asking that she may.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Such a betrayal led him upon the following day to send a note to Mrs. Chepstow, asking for an appointment.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Nor shall we do more hereafter if you do my pleasure now and give this Monsieur de Garnache the answer that I bid you.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini