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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But imagine if instead the Brewers had outbid the Dodgers and they had to go through Skubal first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
It’s one thing getting outbid — it’s quite another being given a red card by your lender.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 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
“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
For the boy—there is a good angel about him; but the devil outbids him too.
From King Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
"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 Rafael Sabatini
On the one hand did he permit himself to be outbidden his master might visit upon him his disappointment.
From The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
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
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
"But it seems that she caught thy fancy, and the fool suffered himself to be outbidden."
From The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
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 spent $22 billion last year acquiring overseas mines, often outbidding Western competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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
The Home Office has been accused of leaving people homeless by outbidding councils in a fierce competition for scarce accommodation.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 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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