bid up

verb

bade up or bid up; bidden up or bid up also bade up; bidding up; bids up

transitive verb

: to raise the price of (something, such as property at auction) by a succession of offers

Examples of bid up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ann Wang | Reuters Stewart said institutions as well as individuals are bidding up dinosaur fossils. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 24 July 2026

Despite eliciting bids up to $650,000, the lot failed to reach its reserve and was passed. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

And when buyers bid up temporary capacity like this, the pricing power sits with whoever owns the capacity. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Investors have bid up the share prices of these companies now in anticipation of big profits down the road. — Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bid up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup