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Then again, maybe Cohen will outbid them all.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2022

When two similarly well-off families vie for a large house, for example, the family that places the greater value on the property will outbid the other one.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2016

We artists are merely one of bourgeoisie's luxuries in paying for which they will outbid each other.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various

"But perhaps someone else will outbid him," suggested Mr. Westmore.

From The Fourth Watch by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

If he bids in his own person some bookseller will outbid him, partly because the bookseller knows, after all, he knows little about books, and suspects that the amateur may, in this case, know more.

From Books and Bookmen by Lang, Andrew