bid up
verb
bade up or bid up; bidden up or bid up also bade up; bidding up; bids up
: to raise the price of (something, such as property at auction) by a succession of offers
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Christie’s global president Alex Rotter ping-ponged bids up to $152 million with dealer Iwan Wirth in the room, who was presumably representing Laurene Powell Jobs.
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Julie Brener Davich, ARTnews.com, 19 May 2026
The more an investment gets bid up in anticipation of future results, the higher a bar that stock must clear to keep up with investor expectations.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Investors, who had bid up Intel’s stock following the cash injections last year, were reminded in January that Tan’s rescue project still has a way to go.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The sky-high stock market gives investors both the cash and the incentive to bid up the price of alternative assets like sports franchises.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Julie Brener Davich, ARTnews.com, 19 May 2026
The more an investment gets bid up in anticipation of future results, the higher a bar that stock must clear to keep up with investor expectations.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Investors, who had bid up Intel’s stock following the cash injections last year, were reminded in January that Tan’s rescue project still has a way to go.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The sky-high stock market gives investors both the cash and the incentive to bid up the price of alternative assets like sports franchises.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Bid up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bid%20up. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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