Outstay

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To stay longer than (another or others); overstay: guests who outstayed their welcome.
  • v. To show greater endurance than: She outstayed her opponents and won the race.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To stay beyond or longer than.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To stay beyond or longer than.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To stay longer than; overstay; remain beyond: as, to outstay one's welcome.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. stay too long
  • v. surpass in staying power
    • Verb Form
    outstayed    outstaying    outstays   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stay    bide    abide    last out    outride   
     
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