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out⋅stay

  [out-stey]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to stay longer than.
2. to stay beyond the time or duration of; overstay: to outstay one's welcome.
Origin:
1590–1600; out- + stay 1
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out·stay   (out-stā')   
tr.v.   out·stayed, out·stay·ing, out·stays

  1. To stay longer than (another or others); overstay: guests who outstayed their welcome.

  2. To show greater endurance than: She outstayed her opponents and won the race.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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