Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense outbids, present participle outbiddinglanguage note: The form outbid is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
verb
If you outbid someone, you offer more money than they do for something that you both want to buy.
The Museum has antagonised rivals by outbidding them for the world's greatest arttreasures. [VERB noun]
outbid in British English
(ˌaʊtˈbɪd)
verbWord forms: -bids, -bidding, -bid, -bidden or -bid
(transitive)
to bid higher than; outdo in bidding
outbid in American English
(ˌaʊtˈbɪd)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌoutˈbid or ˌoutˈbidding
to bid or offer more than (someone else)
Examples of 'outbid' in a sentence
outbid
It did miss out on buying some bigger retail centres snapped up by rivals but being outbid is usually no disgrace.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Here, it looks as though investors could absorb the extra tax bill and still outbid their rivals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Using the huge resources at their disposal to outbid potential rivals for property is another favoured technique, he argues.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
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British English: outbid VERB
If you outbid someone, you offer more money than they do for something that you both want to buy.
The Museum has antagonised rivals by outbidding them for the world's greatest art treasures.