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overstayo‧ver‧stay /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEoverstay |
Present | I, you, we, they | overstay | | he, she, it | overstays | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overstayed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overstayed | | he, she, it | has overstayed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overstayed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overstay | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overstayed |
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Present | I | am overstaying | | he, she, it | is overstaying | | you, we, they | are overstaying | Past | I, he, she, it | was overstaying | | you, we, they | were overstaying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overstaying | | he, she, it | has been overstaying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overstaying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overstaying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overstaying |
- The INS is looking for tourists who have overstayed their visas.
- As the absent soldiers who had overstayed their leave mostly came from Ireland, he felt it wasn't his fault.
- I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.
- I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours.
- It would be senseless to overstay their welcome.
- New passports were supplied to people who had overstayed their permission to stay in Britain.
- Of these the two largest groups were those who had overstayed their visas and those who entered the country illegally.
- Some parts of her book overstay their welcome.
- They overstay their time, but may not be genuine non-returners.
to stay somewhere too long► outstay your welcome/overstay your welcome to visit or stay with someone for too long, so that they wish you would go: · Isn't it time your friends left? They've outstayed their welcome a bit.· She was so worried about overstaying her welcome that she left after only one night. ► overstay your visa (=stay longer than you are allowed to)· Two women in the group had overstayed their visas. NOUN► welcome· I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.· It would be senseless to overstay their welcome.· Some parts of her book overstay their welcome. ► outstay/overstay your welcome- Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome.
- I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.
- I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours.
- It would be senseless to overstay their welcome.
- Some parts of her book overstay their welcome.
- We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.
to stay somewhere longer than you are allowed to SYN outstay: They overstayed their visas and were arrested. → overstay your welcome at welcome4(3) |