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OVERSTAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overstay mean?
• OVERSTAY (verb)
The verb OVERSTAY has 1 sense:
1. stay too long
Familiarity information: OVERSTAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they overstay ... he / she / it overstays
Past simple: overstayed
Past participle: overstayed
-ing form: overstaying
... he / she / it overstays Past simple: overstayed
Past participle: overstayed
-ing form: overstaying
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 "overstay" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
No. I’m sorry, but I have already overstayed my time.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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