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price out of the market

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price someone or something out of the market

to raise or lower a price and drive someone or something out of the marketplace. You are a very good singer, but your agent has priced you out of the market. The discount prices posted by the chain store were meant to price us out of the market.

See also: market, of, out, price

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

price out of the market

Charge so much for a product or service that no one will buy it, as in Asking $10 each for those old records is pricing yourself out of the market. [First half of 1900s]

See also: market, of, out, price

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

price yourself/something out of the ˈmarket

demand such a high price for something that no one wants to buy it: If you charge too much, you’ll price yourself out of the market.
See also: market, of, out, price, something

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary Farlex 2017

price out of the market

To eliminate the demand for (goods or services) by setting prices too high.

See also: market, of, out, price

A tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds
b : a composer, singer, or declaimer of epic or heroic verse