desperate bid to

collocation in English

meaningsofdesperate,bidandto

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desperate
adjective
uk
/ˈdes.pər.ət/us
/ˈdes.pɚ.ət/
very serious ...
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bid
noun[C]
uk
/bɪd/us
/bɪd/
an offer of a particular amount of money for something that is ...
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to
preposition
uk
/tuː/us
/tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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(Definition ofdesperate,bidandtofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesperate bid to

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It distorts reality in adesperatebidto convince the people that all this is for their own good.
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That may be a sneak preview of the slogan that they have thought up as their lastdesperatebidto win the coming general election.
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I am told that it was adesperatebidto buy time.
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This was the last major economic statement made in adesperatebidto capture votes within 48 hours of the people going to the polls.
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A few years ago, the penny dropped, and there is now adesperatebidto produce good surfaces, but it is too late for an immediate improvement.
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Turtle's powers return with the realization that it was his own telekinesis that destroyed the sinking shell in adesperatebidto save his life.
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The series was launched on the last day of 2007, in adesperatebidto break out of a cycle of delays.
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Her cry alerted him and his companions, who in adesperatebidto save her attacked two constables, one of whom died on the spot.
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In the final moment, the dying man makes a final,desperatebidto steal his ex-wife away from her new spouse.
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The story focuses on the tenants of the building and their desperate bids to survive.
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