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Definition of Outstaying
1. outstay [v] - See also: outstay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outstaying
Literary usage of Outstaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1892)
"M. Hippolyte calculated upon outstaying them ; unluckily for that gentleman, they
calculated upon outstaying him ! Two days after their arrival, ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"In 1813 he succeeded his uncle as full surgeon at St. George's, and held the post
till 1853, outstaying his powers. He was a member of the council of the ..."
3. The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1858)
"They had all an ample share of that sensitive pride which led them to dread
incurring obligations, and to fear " outstaying their ..."
4. The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His by James Madison (1840)
"The central States could always take care to be on the spot; and by meeting
earlier than the distant ones, or wearying their patience, and outstaying them, ..."
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