outbid
verb (used with object)
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
was outbidding
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past progressiveof outbid.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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People turned to see who was outbidding the large man in the front.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
France meanwhile was outbidding the Emperor, and the King was using, without disguise, the offers of each Power to alarm the other.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude
Rivers was outbidding this crowd Jarrett and the girl were in with.
From Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper
