Bid
Bid verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.
Usage example: the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden
Tell is a synonym for bid in wish topic. In some cases you can use "Tell" instead a verb "Bid", when it comes to topics like speech, order, say, over. popular alternative
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Used at least once in an Archie comic: Betty tries to tell Archie — over traffic noise —how much money she's saved up and ends up accidentally getting the winning bid on a stuffed moose's head.
Source: Accidental Bid -
This would then force the other player to bid a perfect five or tell the first player to complete their bid.
Source: Series / Debt -
Once in a while, Bill would silently look at the price, tell the contestants they were all over, have the bids erased, and allow them to make one bid with all required to be lower than the lowest original frozen bid.
Source: Series / The Price Is Right
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