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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outstay
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 welcome
▪ Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome.
▪ I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.
▪ I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours.
▪ It would be senseless to overstay their welcome.
▪ Some parts of her book overstay their welcome.
▪ We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Maher on Bachelor's Button, however, was still convinced that his mount could outstay her and held on tenaciously.
▪ The Walthamstow jumper was outstayed over the course and distance a month ago but has less to do on this occasion.
▪ We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outstay

Outstay \Out*stay"\, v. t. To stay beyond or longer than.

She concluded to outstay him.
--Mad. D' Arblay.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
outstay

c.1600, from out (adv.) + stay (v.).

Wiktionary
outstay

vb. To stay beyond or longer than.

WordNet
outstay
  1. v. stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome" [syn: overstay]

  2. surpass in staying power; "They outstayed their competitors"

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.