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What bad guests do with their welcome
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outstay
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Word definitions for outstay in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN welcome ▪ We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome . ▪ Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome . PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES outstay/overstay your ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To stay beyond or longer than.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outstay \Out*stay"\, v. t. To stay beyond or longer than. She concluded to outstay him. --Mad. D' Arblay.
Usage examples of outstay.
The pigling, as though aware that it might have outstayed its welcome, dashed out at the door, and the gamecock followed it at a more dignified pace.
She busied herself putting the pots awayand banking the fire as an excuse to outstay her welcome.
I answered as little to the point as I could, and took care not to outstay my welcome.
Youve got what you came for, so kindly dont be so ill-mannered as to outstay your welcome .
Professor, so readily that Polly wondered uneasily if they had outstayed their welcome.
I like her from the first, which was just as well because she outstayed her welcome and got completely drunk.
Although he had been a resident for several years, Purvey still acted as though he were an uninvited guest who had long outstayed his welcome.
He paid well, never troubled her with small talk or promises, and rarely outstayed his welcome.
Professor, so readily that Polly wondered uneasily if they had outstayed their welcome.
I like her from the first, which was just as well because she outstayed her welcome and got completely drunk.
Plutarchian heroes outstayed not their fame, And what nor Brutus nor Themistocles Nor Cato nor Mark Antony survived, Why, why should I?
Wetmore went away, but Beaton remained, and he outstayed several other people who came up to speak to Miss Vance.