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third-person singular simple present outbids, present participle outbidding, simple past outbid or outbidded, past participle outbid or outbidden or outbidded
(transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction. quotations examples
Bengal outbidded those of Delhi; instead of searching for khalifahs for obtaining recognition, Sultan Sikandar Shah himself took the title .of Imam ul-Azam and Khalifat-ul-Muazzam.
1985, Abdul Karim, Social History of the Muslims in Bengal: Down to A.D. 1538, page 65
You must understand that there are people who strive and save their whole lives to acquire something, and when they are simply outbidded or outfoxed by me, it is not taken with a delicate smile.
2008, Michael Marra, A Host of Suspects, page 139