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Overbid

//ˌəʊvəˈbɪd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
  2. 2
    (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) wordnet
  3. 3
    The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
  4. 4
    a bid that is higher than preceding bids wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price. intransitive
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of overbide form-of, participle, past
  3. 3
    bid more than the object is worth wordnet
  4. 4
    To outbid. transitive
  5. 5
    to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win wordnet
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  1. 6
    To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From over- + bid.

Etymology 2

From over- + bid.

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