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
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Origin of outbid
Example Sentences
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However, Wall Street on Monday mused if other suitors may look to outbid Fox for Roku.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
However, they have been outbid by rivals on occasion, including in the deal that saw Marc Guehi join Manchester City in January.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Experts say multi-partner families are increasingly common in the Bay Area — Chloe noted they were recently outbid for a house by another triad with a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
Last year, L’Oréal outbid the Spanish company in a €4 billion—or roughly $4.66 billion—purchase of Kering’s luxury beauty business, which includes the rights to develop makeup and perfume for Gucci.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
“How did you even know who would be on duty tonight? I had to pay through the gills to get that roster. You couldn’t have outbid me.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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
But Mr. Garrison outbids Mr. Smith all hollow for the pauper vote.
From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by Fitzhugh, George
"One thousand and one hundred," said Ayoub the irrepressible And now Tsamanni not only found himself outbidden, but he had reached the outrageous limit appointed by Asad.
From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael
He rose to scrutinize her closely, and must have been satisfied, for the price he offered was a good one, and he offered it with contemptuous assurance that he would not be outbidden.
From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael
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
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.
I have long outbidden folly with folly, pride with pride, scorn with scorn, insolence with insolence, and have outlived many vanities with many more.
From Bleak House by Dickens, Charles
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
Chinese companies are outbidding Western rivals, thanks to generous state support and their skill in navigating developing countries, where corruption is often rampant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
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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