I think the past tense of "bid" is "bid" among bridge players everywhere.An afterthought: in North America, the past tense is often forbid rather than forbade. As, indeed, bid rather than bade. Both -bid and -bade [bejd] seem quite natural.
It would be interesting to know how people in this post pronounce bid and bade.
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