overbid
overbid — verb
- overbidpresent simple I / you / we / they
- overbids3rd person singular
- overbidding-ing form
- overbiddedpast simple
1. to try to buy something by offering a price that is higher than another person's
to try to buy something by offering a price that is higher than another person's offer, or to pay more for something than it is worth in an auction or competitive sale.
Mei-Lin overbid on the vintage vase and paid twice its market value.
overbid + on + [item]
Raj accidentally overbid his competitor by three hundred dollars at the charity auction.
overbid + [person] + by + [amount]
The hotel overbid on the renovation contract and had to find extra funds.
Elena warned her father not to overbid for the beachfront property.
Smaller construction firms often overbid when they are desperate to win a deal.
- outbid
more common in everyday auction contexts; 'outbid' suggests successfully beating someone, while 'overbid' can mean paying too much
- bid too much
informal paraphrase, used in everyday speech
- pay over the odds
British idiom meaning to pay more than the fair price
- underbid
to offer less than the item is worth or less than another bidder
文法句型
overbid + on + [item]
overbid + by + [amount]
overbid + [person]
用法筆記
Often used with 'on', 'for', or 'by' to specify the item or the amount. The transitive form (overbid + person) means to outbid someone.
常見錯誤
2. in a card game such as bridge, to claim that you can win more tricks or points t
in a card game such as bridge, to claim that you can win more tricks or points than your cards actually justify, so that your bid exceeds the strength of your hand.
Keiko overbid in the first round of bridge and lost the match.
overbid + in + [game]
The club's experienced players rarely overbid, even when they hold strong cards.
Olu overbid on a weak hand and his partner could not save the game.
Beginners at bridge frequently overbid because they overestimate the strength of their hand.
- bid too high
everyday paraphrase; less technical than 'overbid'
- overcall
applies to a specific bridge situation where you bid higher than the opponent's opening bid
文法句型
overbid + in + [game]
用法筆記
Primarily used in bridge and related trick-taking card games. Unlike sense 1, this sense does not take a person as a direct object — you overbid in a game or on a hand, not 'overbid someone'.