what does ""bid opponents" in the sentence mean?

Question

believed that Prime Minister David Cameron had left no other option to bid opponents with his refusal to take steps to halt the takeover

Answer 1

Prime Minister Daiv Cameron had no option to command opponents with his refusal to take steps to halt the takeover.



this are some definition of the word bid:



bid (bid)



transitive verb bade or bid, bidden bid′·den or bid, bidding bid′·ding, bid



Obsolete to beseech or implore

to command, ask, or tell: do as you are bidden

to offer (a certain amount) as the price or fee that one will pay or accept

to declare openly: to bid defiance

to express in greeting or taking leave: bid farewell to your friends

☆ Informal to offer membership to: the fraternity may bid five new men

Now Chiefly Dial. to invite

Card Games to state (the number of tricks or points one proposes to take and, in bridge, whether one proposes to play the hand with a specified suit as trump or with no suit as trump) in an effort to win the right to name trump

Answer 2

Start with the context: people wanted the PM to halt a takeover. Presumably that means a corporate take over in which one firm bids for the stock for another company. Bid opponents, then, would be newspaper speak for those who oppose the bid, that is, those who oppose the takeover.

Answer 3

It means, ..... left no other option to those who opposed the bid when he refused .......