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Overstaying

Overstay \O`ver*stay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstayedor Overstaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstaying.] To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time; to overstay one's welcome.
--Bp. Hall.

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overstaying

vb. (present participle of overstay English)

Usage examples of "overstaying".

Then one night, Lord, after overstaying his leave a full ten days, he rode into the Guardroom at Serré late one night.

I'm afraid I'm overstaying my welcome in this period even now, and our power is far more limited than yours.

They'll be useless to me anywhere outside of the Outer Lawless regions, and I do not plan on overstaying my welcome.

The other prisoners were all female, all military personnel, no doubt in for overstaying a furlough or punching somebody like the ensign in the mouth—all good people, I was sure.