overstay
verb/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪ/
/ˌəʊvərˈsteɪ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they overstay | /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪ/ /ˌəʊvərˈsteɪ/ |
| he / she / it overstays | /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪz/ /ˌəʊvərˈsteɪz/ |
| past simple overstayed | /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈsteɪd/ |
| past participle overstayed | /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈsteɪd/ |
| -ing form overstaying | /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈsteɪɪŋ/ |
- overstay something to stay longer than the length of time you are expected or allowed to stay
- They overstayed their visa.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverstay is used with these nouns as the object:- visa
- welcome
Idioms
See overstay in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryoutstay/overstay your welcome
- 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.
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