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outstay, v.|aʊtˈsteɪ|
[out- 17, 18.]
1. trans. To stay beyond the limit of; to exhaust by staying; to overstay.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. i. iii. 90 If you out-stay the time, vpon mine honor..you die. 1635Quarles Embl. Hieroglyph vi. (1718) 338, I have out-staid my patience. 1692Southerne Wives Excuse iii. i. 1881H. James Portr. Lady li, She had already outstayed her invitation. 1893Fenn Real Gold (1894) 31 You are afraid of outstaying your welcome.
2. a. To stay longer than.
1689Shadwell Bury F. iv, I will out-stay him. 1783F. Burney Diary 19 June, Mr. Pepys, and I, out⁓stayed the rest near an hour. 1880Mrs. Forrester Roy & V. II. 181 Mrs. Fitzallan outstayed all the other guests.
b. To surpass in endurance.
1877Coursing Calendar Autumn 1876 5 Laughter made the early points with Lady Don, but the latter fairly outstayed the dog. 1951Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xvi. 48 Outstay, to be able to equal the speed of one's nearest competitors long enough to defeat them... Outstay the field: phr., of a horse: to take the lead and hold it until the finish. |