Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To stay longer than (another or others); overstay: guests who outstayed their welcome.
- v. To show greater endurance than: She outstayed her opponents and won the race.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To stay longer than; overstay; remain beyond: as, to outstay one's welcome.
Wiktionary
- v. To stay beyond or longer than.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To stay beyond or longer than.
WordNet 3.0
- v. stay too long
- v. surpass in staying power
Examples
“Madrid has also adopted an indulgent line toward the tens of thousands of East Europeans who "outstay" their tourist visas to work in the country's fields, factories and restaurants.”
“The opening act, a conversation piece, always tends to outstay its welcome, and Peter Selwyn, conducting, might have helped the fine cast and orchestra by quickening the tempi.”
The Guardian: Tosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra – review
“I suppose Paul has always said that Kauto will outstay the other one, but he's a wonderful jumper, Master Minded, and if he gets his jumping right …In view of their shared ownership, it is a pity that the pair don't seem to get along.”
The Guardian: Clive Smith: 'Kauto Star is fantastic. He has a new life about him'
“The solos never outstay their welcome, and he never overcomplicates things.”
Keith Urban – Defying Gravity « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog
“It's not hard to read, but you do have to keep on your toes (although, at only 158 pages, it doesn't outstay its welcome).”
“Told me never to outstay my welcome and so I'm always on edge, wondering whether I should be going, whether the offer of another drink is meant to be declined.”
“Perhaps we should insist on better candidates, go to the inconvenience of voting for them, and then ask them to leave - via term limits - before they outstay their welcome.”
The Huffington Post: Five Popular Delusions Castrating America
“Fugard's three-hander is wordy but meaty, and if it is inclined to outstay its welcome, it does so with grace.”
“Let's face it the franchise did more than outstay it's welcome, it beat it to a pulp and destroyed it right in front of our faces, eked every last ounce of humour from it and replayed it until it just wasn't funny any more.”
“Let's face it the franchise did more than outstay it's welcome, it beat it to a pulp and destroyed it right in front of our faces, eked every last ounce of humour from it and replayed it...”
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