"bid up" meaning in All languages combined

See bid up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: bids up [present, singular, third-person], bidding up [participle, present], bid up [participle, past], bid up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bid<,,bid> up}} bid up (third-person singular simple present bids up, present participle bidding up, simple past and past participle bid up)
  1. (transitive) To raise the price of (an item at auction) by bidding. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bid_up-en-verb-QIfeIuLE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bid up meaning in All languages combined (1.1kB)

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        "To raise the price of (an item at auction) by bidding."
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        "(transitive) To raise the price of (an item at auction) by bidding."
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