Word for "temporarily defeated"

I am looking for a word that expresses the meaning of the phrase "temporarily defeated" in a mild manner. This is to be applied on someone whose bid got displaced by a higher bidder in an auction that has not yet ended.

The <temporarily defeated> bidder...

Perhaps trailing

(intransitive) to be falling behind in a race or competition: the favourite is trailing at the last fence

It has the advantage of suggesting that a rally may occur.


In this instance, you could use "overtaken"

The overtaken bidder

Which means that someone else out-bid them, but that they still could retake their place as the highest bidder.

Overtake

o·ver·take [oh-ver-teyk]

verb (used with object), o·ver·took, o·ver·tak·en, o·ver·tak·ing.

  1. to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train.
  2. to catch up with and pass, as in a race; move by: He overtook the leader three laps from the finish.
  3. to move ahead of in achievement, production, score, etc.; surpass: to overtake all other countries in steel production.
  4. to happen to or befall someone suddenly or unexpectedly, as night, a storm, or death: The pounding rainstorm overtook them just outside the city.

verb (used without object), o·ver·took, o·ver·tak·en, o·ver·tak·ing.

  1. to pass another vehicle: Never overtake on a curve.

A temporary setback, might suggest a sort of pause in the bidding .. With the bidder going to come back more resolute.