(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
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Examples of overbid
overbid
They overbid on Teixeira and spent a fortune on pitcher A.J. Burnett as well.
From the sacbee.com
They conclude that naive advertisers who told the truth could overbid.
From the businessweek.com
They can place their bids and hope they aren't overbid at the auction.
From the kansas.com
Two no trump is an overbid and anything else misrepresents your holding.
From the stltoday.com
Executives whine about straying advertisers, overbid on sports and berate the Nielsens.
From the time.com
He was too smart to overbid when someone else came in for the firm.
From the independent.co.uk
Most people overbid, a phenomenon that has long puzzled economists.
From the philly.com
Critics say he overbid for an electric utility in Brazil in 1998.
From the businessweek.com
Then Giubilo and Versace overbid to five spades, going down one.
From the nytimes.com
- A bid that is higher than preceding bids
- To bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,
- (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
- Bid more than the object is worth
- An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price; The announcement of a goal, before starting play that exceeds the goal actually achieved; To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price; To announce a goal, before starting play that exceeds the goal actually achieved
- That amount of money bid in excess of the trustee's or sheriff's minimum bid. It is distributed, pro tanto, to the succeeding equity holders.
- Amount paid above the delinquent taxes, any fees and interest.
