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Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / fosters a bid | | English term or phrase: to foster a bid | "The latest model fosters a bid to smash unprecedented records"
The model in question is a sports watch.
I'm not sure of the meaning of "fosters a bid" here. Does that mean that it's a safe bet to say it'll smash records?
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|   Andrea JarmuschewskiKudoZ activityQuestions: 117 (none open) ( 5 without valid answers) ( 7 closed without grading) Answers: 974
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The language sounds awkward to me, but that is definitely what it means.
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The American google search gets only 3 results on "fosters a bid." Either your author is trying to be innovative in his use of language, or its an idiom more commonly used in some other variant of English. |
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Stephanie Ezrol
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Local time: 21:19
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Explanation:
The language sounds awkward to me, but that is definitely what it means.
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Note added at 18 mins (2009-12-10 15:15:12 GMT)
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The American google search gets only 3 results on "fosters a bid." Either your author is trying to be innovative in his use of language, or its an idiom more commonly used in some other variant of English.
| Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 21:19
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