Outstay

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To stay beyond or longer than. transitive

    "Podson stayed till after five, though he handsomely apologized for outstaying a call. "The fact is, I never think of the time, when I get talking to a really intelligent woman...""

  2. 2
    surpass in staying power wordnet
  3. 3
    stay too long wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"Podson stayed till after five, though he handsomely apologized for outstaying a call. "The fact is, I never think of the time, when I get talking to a really intelligent woman...""

Etymology

From out- + stay.

Related phrases

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