Definitions
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- verb transitive To
spend more money than (someone)buying goods. - verb transitive To
outbid (someone) for something. - verb transitive To reach a better purchase bargain than (someone).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whatever Beijing has up its sleeve, Taipei can only continue to try to outbuild, outbuy and outbluff its rival.
Defending Taiwan 2008
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We've had a minimum of 134, the last several days it's been closer to 200, to do outbuy work as well.
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Hark ye, lord! frown not so haughtily, -- that correspondence names thee as one who hast taken the gold of Count Charolois, and whom, therefore, King Louis may outbuy.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Hark ye, lord! frown not so haughtily, -- that correspondence names thee as one who hast taken the gold of Count Charolois, and whom, therefore, King Louis may outbuy.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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