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OUTSTAY
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they outstay ... he / she / it outstays
Past simple: outstayed
Past participle: outstayed
-ing form: outstaying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surpass in staying power
Example:
They outstayed their competitors
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stay too long
Example:
overstay or outstay one's welcome
Synonyms:
outstay; overstay
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "outstay" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
