force the bidding

Caitin had forced the bidding to small slam, played the hand, and made it.

Speculators seemed convinced that a large stockholder, Great American Management and Investment Inc., would force the bidding higher.

Generally, after the opponents have bid a suit, a cue bid of that suit shows strength, and forces the bidding to continue for at least one round.

Many people involved in Macy's bankruptcy-law case and many analysts and traders dismissed that threat as nothing more than a tactic to force the bidding for the company higher.

It was perfectly evident that the two rascals had a secret understanding, and had only devised this auction-sale, with the aid of a professional appraiser, to force the bidding on the manuscript I wanted so much up to an outrageous figure.