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bidding

[ bid-ing ]

noun

  1. command; summons; invitation:

    I went there at his bidding.

  2. bids bid collectively, or a period during which bids bid are made or received:

    The bidding began furiously.

  3. a bid. bide.


bidding

/ ˈbɪdɪŋ /

noun

  1. an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of , at someone's bidding )
  2. an invitation; summons
  3. the act of making bids, as at an auction or in bridge
  4. bridge a group of bids considered collectively, esp those made on a particular deal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bidding1

Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; bid 1, -ing 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. do someone's bidding, to submit to someone's orders; perform services for someone:

    After he was promoted to vice president at the bank, he expected everyone around him to do his bidding.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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