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bids up

bids up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bid up.

Meaning of bid up

Verb

bid up (third-person singular simple present bids up, present participle bidding up, simple past and past participle bid up)

  1. (transitive) To raise the price of (an item at auction) by bidding.

Questions about bids up

What is bids up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bids up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bid up.

Words near bids up in the dictionary

  1. bids defiance to
  2. bids down
  3. bids fair
  4. bids in
  5. bids off
  6. bids up
  7. bids wanted
  8. Bidston
  9. bidual
  10. biduals
  11. Bidung

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