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Definition of Outstay
1. Verb. Stay too long. "Overstay or outstay one's welcome"
2. Verb. Surpass in staying power. "They outstayed their competitors"
Definition of Outstay
1. v. t. To stay beyond or longer than.
Definition of Outstay
1. Verb. To stay beyond or longer than. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outstay
1. to surpass in staying power [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outstay
Literary usage of Outstay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"... the new French attack drill— Sir Ernest Cassel thinks that we shall outstay
the Germans—The Kaiser's offer refused—The strain of Salonika—The raider and ..."
2. The Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde, Preserved at the Castle, Kilkenny by John Thomas Gilbert (1895)
"... presume to outstay his pass, that then that soldier shall forfeit all the pay
which shall be due unto him during the time he shall so outstay his pass, ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1824)
"Did the strangers outstay you, or did you outstay the strangers ? — We outstayed
the strangers. Did any conversation afterwards take place between you and ..."
4. The Trial of James Watson: For High Treason, at the Bar of the Court of King by James Watson, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1817)
"A. I do. Q. What is his Christian name ? ., \( A. John Harrison. . • -. Q.
Did the strangers outstay you, or did you, outstay the strangers ? . . ,. , . ..."
5. High-treason, the Trials at Bar of Arthur Thistlewood, Gent., James Watson by Arthur Thistlewood, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Court of King's Bench, Alexander Fraser, Great Britain (1817)
"Q. Did the strangers outstay you, or did you outstay the strangers. A. We outstayed
the strangers. Q. Where was this.. A. At John Newton's. ..."
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