Outstay
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 surpass in staying power wordnet
- 3 stay too long wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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.