outstayverb
uk/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/us/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ/outstay your welcome
to continue to stay in a place although other people want you to leave:
They were busy so I left - I didn't want to outstay my welcome.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Staying and remaining
- closeted
- halt
- hang
- hold
- hold sb over
- keep to somewhere
- leave
- residual
- rest
- sit tight idiom
- sojourn
- stand
- stay
- stay behind
- stop
- tarry
- vestigial
- wait
- wait behind
- wait for sb
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