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Definition of outstay verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

outstay

verb

NAmE//ˌaʊtˈsteɪ//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they outstay

he / she / it outstays

past simple outstayed

-ing form outstaying

Idioms

outstay/overstay your welcome

to stay somewhere as a guest longer than you are wanted

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