misbid

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Verb

misbid (misbids, present participle misbidding; past misbid, past participle misbidden)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To injure; mistreat.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To insult; offend.
3. (ambitransitive) To make an incorrect offer or bid.
   • 1988, Madeleine M. Leininger, Care, discovery and uses in clinical and community nursing:

     I did my bids for that month and I misbid, and I bid all weekends.

4. (ambitransitive, cards) To bid incorrectly; bid higher or lower than actual.
   • 2004, Jim Priebe, Takeout Double: A Bridge Mystery:

     After apologizing profusely for his errors on the first two hands, he misbid the last hand and they ended up in fifth place.

Noun

misbid (plural misbids)

1. An incorrect bid or offer.

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