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overbid definition

over·bid (ō′vər bid′; for n. ō′vər bid′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb overbid -·bid′, overbidding -·bid′·ding

  1. to outbid (another person)
  2. to bid more than the worth of (a thing, as one's hand in bridge)

noun

a higher or excessive bid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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