bid up
verb
bade up or bid up; bidden up or bid up also bade up; bidding up; bids up
: to raise the price of (something, such as property at auction) by a succession of offers
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Nine final automatic qualifying bids up for grabs Most of the conference tournaments wrapped up on Saturday night, but there are still nine tournaments – five on the men’s side, four on the women’s – that have their championship games on Sunday.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
That’s exacerbating the price spiral, as customers bid up remaining supplies out of proportion with the shortage.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
The first draft slot bidding started out at $70k, which was quickly bid up, with the three main big-money teams (NJ, Stl, Dallas) all bidding up the price.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The defensives had been bid up recently on concerns about slowing economic activity following a stretch of soft data.
—Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum,paulina Likos, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
That’s exacerbating the price spiral, as customers bid up remaining supplies out of proportion with the shortage.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
The first draft slot bidding started out at $70k, which was quickly bid up, with the three main big-money teams (NJ, Stl, Dallas) all bidding up the price.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The defensives had been bid up recently on concerns about slowing economic activity following a stretch of soft data.
—Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum,paulina Likos, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Bid up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bid%20up. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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