outstayv.
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/ 1. transitive. To stay beyond the end or limit of (one's expected or permitted time, an event, etc.); to overstay. Frequently in to outstay one's welcome.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > outstay or overstay
outdwell1600
overstand1600
sit1602
to ride out1603
outstaya1616
overstay1641
outsit1661
tarry outa1662
stay1749
to sit out1752
to overstay one's welcome1858
stay1858
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 87 If you out-stay the time, vpon mine honor..you die. View more context for this quotation
1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes vi. 24 I have outstaid my patience.
1692 T. Southern Wives Excuse iii. i. 35 There's nothing to be done here; You've outstay'd your time.
1730 C. Coffey Female Parson iii. i. 44 I vow to Gad, Gentlemen, I have outstay'd my Time, I am exquisitely in haste.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 198 Louisa..herself did not long out-stay this adventure.
1776 Blockheads iii. iii. 16 I have outstay'd my day of grace, and find I must follow these ranters a wild goose chase over land and sea.
1823 J. Neal Seventy-six II. xv. 255 I feel like one that has worn out his appointment of three score years and ten, outstayed the sojourn permitted to man.
1881 H. James Portrait of Lady in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 628/2 She had already outstayed her invitation.
1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson iii. 34 This, she felt, was the climax. She would not outstay it.
1952 R. Neill Moon in Scorpio xxv. 223 We outstay our welcome here.
2002 Evening Post (Bristol) (Electronic ed.) 15 July The judge was told that Williams had outstayed his time in this country and extradition proceedings were in hand.
2.
a. transitive. To stay longer than.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > outlast
to live out1535
outlast1570
outwear1579
outlive1582
supervive1586
outflourish1594
to stand out1600
outdure1611
outstanda1616
outsit1633
survive1633
endure1636
stay1639
outmeasure1646
superlast1648
outstaya1652
last1658
tarrya1662
superannuate1820
outrange1887
to see out1897
a1652 R. Brome New Acad. iv. ii. 87 in Five New Playes (1659) If you out-stay her not, you lose your honour. She'll brag she has out-look't you.
1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. xx. 288 He went to a Pond..and staid there some time, so that he was seen, and observed by several Boys, who were there a washing; he out-staid them all, and then dressed himself.
1783 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2012) V. 357 Mr. Pepys & I out stayed the rest near an Hour.
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. ix. 191 Miss Margland, by indications not to be mistaken, shewed herself bent upon out-staying him; he was obliged, therefore, to depart.
1853 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 28 May 93/1 Mrs. Macklin and I remained for some time longer by the fire. I wished to outstay her; for the purpose of taking unobserved a piece of the unlucky jar.
1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola II. 181 Mrs. Fitzallan outstayed all the other guests.
1907 E. P. Oppenheim Malefactor x. 213 There were other guests there, whom, however, he outstayed.
1961 E. Wilson Mrs Golightly & other Stories 133 I shall stay for the service, and out-stay him.
b. transitive. To surpass in endurance; to outlast.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] > endure without giving way > surpass in endurance
outstay1877
1877 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1876 5 Laughter made the early points with Lady Don, but the latter fairly outstayed the dog.
1963 P. Houston Contemp. Cinema iii. 37 Great Expectations had..a flashing little performance by Alec Guinness which in memory outstays many of his star parts.
1976 R. MacDonald Blue Hammer xviii. 100 I've outstayed him..and my work will outstay his.
2002 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 15 June He was outstayed on the ground by the winner, but on faster ground I think he would probably have beaten the other horse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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