bid up in English

Forms: bids up [present, singular, third-person], bidding up [participle, present], bid up [participle, past], bid up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bids up",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "bid up",
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    },
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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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    }
  ],
  "word": "bid up"
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bids up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidding up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bid up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bid up",
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        "past"
      ]
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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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}

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"bid up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms