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overbid
[ verb oh-ver-bid; noun oh-ver-bid ]
verb (used with object)
- to bid more than the value of (a thing):
to overbid one's cards.
- to outbid:
She overbid him for the painting.
verb (used without object)
- to bid more than the actual value or worth:
a tendency to overbid at auctions; to overbid at bridge.
noun
- a higher bid.
overbid
verb
- intr bridge to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win
- to bid more than the value of (something)
noun
- a bid higher than someone else's bid
Example Sentences
鈥淭he way the market is, people are just overbidding to just try to get in things.鈥
Normally, when a team overbids by at least $50 million for a player who wanted to stay anyway, I鈥檇 make fun of it.
Virgin later proved to have overbid to win the east coast franchise, and its default on payments led to it being taken over by the UK state operator, LNER.
The next three years were dominated by battles with the AFL as each league bid - and overbid - for players.
The next three years were dominated by battles with the AFL as each league bid 鈥 and overbid 鈥 for players.
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