outstay en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English stay English outstay From out- + stay.
Meanings
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(transitive) To stay beyond or longer than.
Podson stayed till after five, though he handsomely apologized for outstaying a call. "The fact is, I never think of the time, when I get talking to a really intelligent woman..."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 149:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outstays | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outstaying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outstayed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outstayed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |