bid up
verb
bade up or bid up; bidden up or bid up also bade up; bidding up; bids up
: to raise the price of (something, such as property at auction) by a succession of offers
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Right now, investors are ignoring this danger and bidding up stocks, especially those having anything to do with A.I. or crypto, to record levels.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi, who was subject of bids up to £65m ($88m) last summer, is still a player the club is considering, as is Brighton forward Joao Pedro.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Farmers had reacted to the 1972 devaluation of the dollar — when President Richard Nixon ended the Bretton Woods international payments system — by bidding up land prices year after year.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
Investors, too, have caught the bug, bidding up shares of smaller carriers most likely to be acquired.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 19 June 2025
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi, who was subject of bids up to £65m ($88m) last summer, is still a player the club is considering, as is Brighton forward Joao Pedro.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Farmers had reacted to the 1972 devaluation of the dollar — when President Richard Nixon ended the Bretton Woods international payments system — by bidding up land prices year after year.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
Investors, too, have caught the bug, bidding up shares of smaller carriers most likely to be acquired.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 19 June 2025
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“Bid up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bid%20up. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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