price out of the market

Etymology
Usage began in the first half of the 1900s.

Verb

 * 1)  To charge an exorbitant price for a service or product so that no one will purchase it.
 * He's pricing out of the market, asking for $100,000 for that shack!
 * 1)  To force competition out of business by offering lower or discount prices.
 * Supermarkets are trying to price farmers' markets out of the market by offering lower prices.