What does outbid mean?
Outbid means (transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction..
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/aʊtˈbɪd/ · verb
(transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction..
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.
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.
Use outbid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outbid means (transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include underbid.
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.
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