Bid and Rival

Bid

Bid verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

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Rival and bid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Bid".

Nearby Words: bidding, bidder, biding, bided

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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Bid and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bid" instead a verb "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

old	old bid	old rival
good	good bid	good rival
best	best bid	best rival
future	future bid	future rival
Other adjectives: current, original, initial, actual, successful, serious, potential, personal, final, ruthless, official, last, closest.

bid anyone

rival anyone

In Arrested Development, Buster accidentally bids on his mother's best friend and chief social rival, whom he was trying to avoid, when he was supposed to bid on his mother(the two share a first name).

Source: Accidental Bid
Happened in an episode of the 1980s cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks, where Alvin was pretending to bid on expensive things in order to impress a rich girl; he ended up accidentally outbidding his rival on a yacht.

Source: Accidental Bid
A slight variation occurs in Slayers Next when Lina and The Rival are one-upping each other bidding on an item Xellos (who doesn't want to sell) has, where Lina only raises her bid by one every time.

Source: Whammy Bid

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