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OUTSTAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outstay mean?
• OUTSTAY (verb)
The verb OUTSTAY has 2 senses:
1. stay too long
2. surpass in staying power
Familiarity information: OUTSTAY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it outstays Past simple: outstayed
Past participle: outstayed
-ing form: outstaying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stay too long
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
outstay; overstay
Context example:
overstay or outstay one's welcome
Hypernyms (to "outstay" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Surpass in staying power
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
They outstayed their competitors
Hypernyms (to "outstay" is one way to...):
last out; outride; ride out; stay (hang on during a trial of endurance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples
"I have enjoyed my lunch," he said, "and I'm going to run off from you two young men before I outstay my welcome."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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