outbid
Americanverb (used with object)
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outbids,
present (3rd person singular)
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outbid,
past participle, past
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outbidden,
past participle
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outbidding
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
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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Domestic farmers buy about 70% of local production, but they are being outbid by China.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
During Covid, local buyers were systematically outbid by cash offers from out of state.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The game raised anew the fear that the ascendant streaming services would eventually outbid the broadcast networks for events once considered a sports fan’s birthright, such as the Super Bowl and World Series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
However, Wall Street on Monday mused if other suitors may look to outbid Fox for Roku.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
“You outbid us because you knew we lost?”
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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
"And the man who outbids me for that horse will have to mortgage his ranch and borrow money on his Liberty Bonds."
From The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
When Phillips heard that Johnson had outbidden him, he described the offer as 'monstrous,' and that it was 'inspired by a spirit of revenge.'
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter
The Bank resolved not to be outbidden in this singular auction, and the Governors also reconsidered their first proposal, and sent in a new one.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Charles Mackay
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 May Sinclair
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 J. A. Fuller-Maitland
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 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Data center developers could be complicating the housing market by outbidding homebuilders, at least in one fast-growing area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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
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
Occidental has been on the hunt to expand in shale fields since at least 2019, when it spent $38 billion to buy Anadarko, outbidding Chevron.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
People turned to see who was outbidding the large man in the front.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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