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Overbid

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Noun

1. overbid

a bid that is higher than preceding bids

2. overbid, overcall

(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)

Verb

3. overbid

to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,

4. overbid

bid more than the object is worth

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overbid

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verb (ˌəʊvəˈbɪd ) -bids, -bidding, -bid, -bidden or -bid
1. (intransitive) bridge
to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win
2. 
to bid more than the value of (something)
noun (ˈəʊvəˌbɪd )
3. 
a bid higher than someone else's bid

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Overbid

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˌoverˈbid or ˌoverˈbidding
1. 
to outbid (another person)
2. 
to bid more than the worth of (a thing, as one's hand in bridge)
noun
3. 
a higher or excessive bid

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Overbid

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v. o·ver·bid, o·ver·bid·den (-bĭdn) or o·ver·bid, o·ver·bid·ding, o·ver·bids
v.tr.
1. To outbid (a person) for something, as at an auction.
2. Games To bid more than the value of (one's hand in bridge, for example).
v.intr.
To bid higher than the actual value of something.
n. (ōvər-bĭd′)
A bid higher than another bid.

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