Goldwyn had also negotiated with Hitchcock on a possible contract, only to be outbid by Selznick.

Determined to outbid Gorbachev as a reformer, he persuaded liberals to overcome their distrust of his provincial manners.

China has replaced Germany as the world s leading exporter, while South Korea s Korean Electric recently outbid Electricité de France to build three nuclear reactors in Abu Dhabi.

The Lebanese merchant, on the other hand, will try every trick in the book to outbid, outsmart, outwit and outdo the customer such that he comes up on top and still manages to convince the customer of the great bargain he has made. Case in point Canned Lebanese Air, or Hawa Lebnan.