overstayv.
/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsteɪ/ 1. transitive. To stay or delay beyond (a period of time); to stay away or abroad longer than (a permitted period). Also: to miss (an opportunity, etc.) by waiting too long.
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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
1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 52 But now, said Cupid, wee have overstayed our time.
1647 Bp. J. Hall Satans Fiery Darts i. vi. 79 Now that he onely over-stayes the time of our misgrounded expectation.
1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown in Wks. (1726) I. 273 Wilt thou then for such a World, be-late thyself, over-stay the Time of thy salvation?
1730 J. Mottley Widow Bewitch'd v. i. 60 I've overstaid my time already, mind your Cue, and the Day's your own.
1766 G. G. Beekman Let. 10 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 494 You must have Over Stayd the market.
1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. xi. 145 She now rung the bell violently, saying she had overstaid her time, though she had not been in the house ten minutes.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 17 If Love his moment overstay, Hatred's swift repulsions play.
1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. II. x. 194 We had already overstayed by a fortnight the time which we had allotted to our visit.
1927 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 289/2 His watch and his calendar had both of them long gone the way of the missing two-thirds of his kit, which may have accounted for his overstaying his leave by a considerable period.
1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Jan. c12 The missing crewmen may have overstayed their shore leave and not yet reported back to ship.
1990 S. Freedman Small Victories iii. 85 But Mrs. Enriquez had long overstayed her initial visa and she rarely returned to El Salvador.
2. transitive. to overstay one's welcome: to stay longer as a guest than one's host wishes; also in extended use. Cf. to outstay one's welcome at outstay v. 1.
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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
1858 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 369 Fear of over-staying one's welcome.
1905 J. Davidson Theatrocrat ii. 110 None Shall say that Silas Orchard overstayed His welcome.
1959 S. A. Mitchell Elm Street Politics i. ii. 29 Party officers who have overstayed their welcome begin to think of extra-democratic ways of retaining office.
1978 Economist (Nexis) 2 Dec. 74 General Banzer had..overstayed his welcome as head of state.
2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 10 Dec. History can be cruel to those who didn't realise when it was time to go. Here we look at other celebrities who overstayed their welcome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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