The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outbid \Out*bid"\, v. t. [imp. Outbid or Outbade (?); p. p. Outbid or Outbidden (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outbidding.] To exceed or surpass in bidding; to bid a higher price.
Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold.
--Pope.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of outbid English)
WordNet
v. bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled
bid higher than others [ant: underbid]
[also: outbidding, outbidden]
See outbid
Usage examples of "outbidding".
Nicol’s father was quite subtle enough to make Wilton Young pay and pay and pay for the privilege of outbidding a Brevett.
In the morning I bought him a well-bred filly for eleven thousand pounds, outbidding one of Vic Vincent's cronies.
But that doesn't apply in this universe of high wages, cheap food and so many jobs that employers and would-be employers nearly go crazy outbidding each other for the services of newcomers.
Later he haunted the pound until a shaggy white female pup appeared, and he paid one hundred thirty-two dollars for her, fiercely outbidding everyone else, because the pup was the image of Dog.
But I can't get the Alliance to vote on it now, because they're all down there, outbidding one another for that rail!