"Outbid" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... gold guilders which my opponent has given the Judge are against me; and if I cannot outbid him, I ...
— Faustus - his Life, Death, and Doom • Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger
... this if it turns out to be true, and you may go and tell your neighbour Januarius to shut up his shop as the heretics mean to outbid him. ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 2 • Leonard Huxley
... plague," he growled, with a laugh. "But, then, you women don't know anything about politics. So, there. As I was saying, everything went wrong with me to-day. I've been speculating in railroad stock, and singed my fingers. Then, old Tom Hollis outbid me to-day, at Leonard's, on a rare medical work I had set my eyes upon having. Confound him! Then, again, two of my houses are tenantless, and there are folks in two others that won't pay their ...
— Little Classics, Volume 8 (of 18) - Mystery • Various
... have cost Caesar so dear, well, you are fairer than I thought, and shall have the best of places in the pageant. Yet, for your sake, I pray that one may be found who, when you come to the market-place, may outbid Domitian," and he waved his hand to show that the audience was at ...
— Pearl-Maiden • H. Rider Haggard |
