outbid

verb

out·​bid ˌau̇t-ˈbid How to pronounce outbid (audio)
outbid; outbidden ˌau̇t-ˈbi-dᵊn How to pronounce outbid (audio) ; outbidding

transitive verb

: 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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Posse was outbid at the auction by a woman who said her name was Kitty Lefkowitz. Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025 So this is yet one more instance where the Jays were not outbid. Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025 This $20 million increase will also make free agency that much crazier, considering teams now have the wiggle room to potentially outbid one another. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025 But it was outbid by Nippon Steel, which struck a deal in December of that year. Peter Green, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outbid

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of outbid was in 1587

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“Outbid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outbid. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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outbid

verb
out·​bid
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈbid
outbid; outbidding
: to make a higher bid than
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