bid up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bid up in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for bid up in the English»French Dictionary

I.bid [Brit bɪd, Am bɪd] N

II.bid <pres part bidding, prét bade or bid, pp bidden or bid> [Brit bɪd, Am bɪd] VB trans

III.bid <pres part bidding, prét bade or bid, pp bidden or bid> [Brit bɪd, Am bɪd] VB intr

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

See also pick over, pick, get

I.pick over VB [Brit pɪk -, Am pɪk -] (pick [sth] over, pick over [sth])

I.pick [Brit pɪk, Am pɪk] N

2. pick (poke) → pick at

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

bid up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bid up in the English»French Dictionary

bid1 <-dd-, bid [or bade], bid [or -den]> [bɪd] VB trans form

III.bid2 <-dd-, bid, bid> [bɪd] VB trans

See also down3, down2, down1

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
In practice, one sees this type of situation often when the short leg is being bid up for a specific reason.
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The more targeted they are, the more likely readers are to click, and the more likely advertisers will bid up the price of ads.
mashable.com
One could agree to bid up the line, or support partner's suit first.
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Gone are the days when a shortage of rigs bid up their price.
oilprice.com
Residents have authorized the town to bid up to $2.85 million for purchase of the property, however, due to legal complications, the sale has been postponed.
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What it does is bid up the price of housing.
www.abc.net.au
But investors took this as a cue to bid up the market in the self-fulfilling expectation of further capital gains.
www.afr.com
With so many people hungry for stable, high-yielding dividends, share prices tend to get bid up.
www.fool.ca
They can ring up in advance and say how much they are willing to bid up to for an item.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
They had apparently had a board meeting before resolving that they would bid up to a maximum of $1.2m.
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