Meaning

noun a bid that is higher than preceding bids

noun (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)

verb to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English bid English overbid From over- + bid.

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