outbid
verb
out·bid
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outbidding
Definition of outbid
: to make a higher bid than : to offer more than
… when employers clamor to outbid each other for the services of an engineering elite …— Randall E. Stross
Examples of outbid in a Sentence
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The Odebrecht-Aval consortium was awarded the contract for about $1 billion, just below the maximum allowed, suggesting it did not fear being outbid. — Time, "World Bank Arm Implicated in Latin American Graft Scandal," 2 July 2019 The deal wasn’t a surprise, following reports this spring that Coinbase had outbid Fidelity Digital Assets, which started offering custody to clients in March. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "The Serious Money Is Warming to Bitcoin," 16 Aug. 2019 But a league without salary constraints would lead to teams trying to outbid one other. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Understanding Why Salary Cap Circumvention Is Dangerous for the NBA," 25 July 2019 Local officials have been outbid for land and struggled to sort out old claims to mineral rights on construction sites. — Jason Pohl, ProPublica, "Deadly Delays in Jail Construction Cost Lives and Dollars Across California," 20 July 2019 Tensions apparently began when Pineau and her family outbid Jennings and Brooks for the 124 Washington St. property. — Dan Adams, BostonGlobe.com, "‘I’ve never experienced anything like this’: Haverhill marijuana entrepreneur accuses neighbors of extortion," 17 June 2019 And while the black market will always find a way to outbid Apple's rewards, the iPhone-maker can devote its war chest toward keeping its security strong to begin with. — Xavier Harding, Fortune, "Apple Has a Million Dollar Bug Problem—And It’s Only Paying Thousands to Squash Them," 31 July 2019 The battle between the Manchester clubs is likely to come down to who will outbid who. — SI.com, "Arsenal Make Harry Maguire Enquiry But Are Wasting Everyone's Time With Embarrassing Offer," 3 July 2019 Almost $1 billion was promised by some of France's richest and most powerful families and companies, some of whom sought to outbid each other in the hours and days after the inferno. — Fox News, "Notre Dame fire may have been caused by cigarette or power failure, investigators say," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outbid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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outbid
verb
English Language Learners Definition of outbid
: to offer to pay a higher price than (someone) for something especially at an auction : to make a higher bid than (someone)
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