OUTSTAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outstay mean? 

• OUTSTAY (verb)
  The verb OUTSTAY has 2 senses:

1. stay too long

2. surpass in staying power

  Familiarity information: OUTSTAY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTSTAY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they outstay    ... he / she / it outstays   
Past simple: outstayed   
Past participle: outstayed   
-ing form: outstaying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stay too long

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

outstay; overstay

Context example:

overstay or outstay one's welcome

Hypernyms (to "outstay" is one way to...):

abide; bide; stay (dwell)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Surpass in staying power

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

They outstayed their competitors

Hypernyms (to "outstay" is one way to...):

last out; outride; ride out; stay (hang on during a trial of endurance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

"I have enjoyed my lunch," he said, "and I'm going to run off from you two young men before I outstay my welcome."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)