Bid
To tell
Both terms 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 - In Dragon Age: Origins, Connor mentions that the Desire demon he unwittingly summoned in a bid to save his poisoned father refuses to tell him its name, since "names hold power".
Source: I Know Your True Name
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