had been outbidding

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of outbid.
  outbid

  verb (used with object)

  to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).

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