Bid and Say

Bid

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

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Say and bid are semantically related. in wish topic. In some cases you can use "Say" instead a verb "Bid", when it comes to topics like speech.

Nearby Words: bidding, bidder, biding, bided

Say verb - To express (a thought or emotion) in words.

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Bid and say are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bid" instead a verb "Say".

Nearby Word: saying

good	good bid	good say
best	best bid	best say
exact	exact bid	exact say
total	total bid	total say
Other adjectives: single, actual, spirited, huge, little, general, final, last, different.

people	bid people	say people
name	bid name	say name
number	bid number	say number
line	bid line	say line
Other words: time, way, title, farewell, everyone, goodbye, times, goodbyes.

What would you say if our bid came out to a billion quadrillion kilo-credits?

Source: Fiction 500
Recent talks at the water cooler say a Mafia boss bid 500,000 Euro at an auction and won said head.

Source: Manga / The Voynich Hotel
Given, however, that some of the early sabotages only drew the minimum $500 bid as the other competitors weren't even scared off by, say, being forced to stuff their chicken wings, this is very likely a Justified Trope.

Source: Series / Cutthroat Kitchen

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