outbid
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Present
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outbidsimple
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outbidssimple
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have outbidperfect
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have outbiddenperfect
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has outbidperfect
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has outbiddenperfect
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am outbiddingprogressive
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are outbiddingprogressive
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is outbiddingprogressive
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have been outbiddingperfect progressive
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has been outbiddingperfect progressive
Past
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outbidsimple
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had outbidperfect
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had outbiddenperfect
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was outbiddingprogressive
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were outbiddingprogressive
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had been outbiddingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of outbid
Example Sentences
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The subscription channel outbid the corporation, which had been the main partner and provided free-to-air coverage since 1954 for 18 games in-a-row.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“In other words, chip companies have margins that allow them to outbid nearly all other users of gas to secure adequate supplies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
But Pivotal Research Group analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak doesn’t think rival players will attempt to outbid Fox.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
One reason, Tillin says, is the rise of "competitive welfarism": almost every major party now offers some version of cash transfers, subsidies or free services, often trying to outbid rivals during campaigns.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
He sounded like an enthusiastic collector who had been outbid at auction.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
I can imagine a scenario where a company such as Salesforce, which considered a Twitter acquisition in 2016, outbids Musk and walks off with Twitter.
From The Verge ● Apr. 14, 2022
Europe’s plan could impact emerging markets that are trying to transition away from fossil fuels, if Europe outbids them for gas supplies, say energy analysts.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 9, 2022
Or just enough to risk losing him to a team that outbids for his services via the NFL’s transition tag?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2017
Or constantly refreshing, sweating, hopin’ and a-prayin’ that someone outbids you, because you’ve blown your wages on a “french shabby chic armchair’” which is bigger than the actual square footage of your flat?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2014
For the boy, there is a good angel about him; but the devil outbids him too.
From King Henry IV, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
Gaveston is outbidden at the sale, and George weds Anna.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.
On the one hand did he permit himself to be outbidden his master might visit upon him his disappointment.
From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael
He would let himself be outbidden where Keith would have carried all before him by a superb if reckless persistence.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
So long as the public will pay for gross personalities, obscenity, and slang, decent journals will be outbidden in the market.
From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
"But it seems that she caught thy fancy, and the fool suffered himself to be outbidden."
From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael
“The AI companies have the deepest pockets in the economy and they’re outbidding everyone else for memory,” said Jim Secreto, a consultant who worked in the Commerce Department during the Biden administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
With the key buying season to refill storage just around the corner, outbidding Asian countries in a tight market would be an expensive proposition.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
The Blues secured Caicedo's signature from Brighton in 2023 by paying an initial £100m plus £15m in add-ons, outbidding Liverpool, after Arsenal bid £60m six months earlier.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
Amazon reportedly spent $40 million to secure the rights to produce and stream a documentary about Melania Trump, outbidding both Disney and Paramount.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
People turned to see who was outbidding the large man in the front.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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