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Definition of outstay verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

outstay

verb
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they outstay
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/
he / she / it outstays
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪz/
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪz/
past simple outstayed
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪd/
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪd/
past participle outstayed
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪd/
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪd/
-ing form outstaying
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪɪŋ/
 
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. Oxford Collocations DictionaryOutstay is used with these nouns as the object:
    • welcome
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Idioms
outstay/overstay your welcome
  1. to stay somewhere as a guest longer than you are wanted
    • Sensing that he had outstayed his welcome, he quickly said his goodbyes and left.
See outstay in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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