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

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That’s pushed some investors to bid up put options to protect this year’s gains. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025 Investors seem to be bidding up the shares more on expectations than reality. Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Restricting housing near transit leads to competition that bids up the prices of those homes. Nicole Capretz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025 Millennials and Gen Zers are bidding up prices for rare cars from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Robert Frank, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bid up

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bid up was in 1864

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“Bid up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bid%20up. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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