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1Overstay — O ver*stay , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstayed}or {Overstaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstaying}.] To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time; to overstay one s welcome. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …
2overstay — [ō΄vər stā′] vt. to stay beyond the time, duration, or limits of …
3overstay — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)ste͟ɪ[/t]] overstays, overstaying, overstayed VERB: no passive If you overstay your time, you stay somewhere for longer than you should. to overstay your welcome → see welcome [V n] Up to forty per …
4overstay your welcome — outstay/overstay/your welcome phrase to stay at a place for longer than people want It was time to go, before we outstayed our welcome. Thesaurus: to live, stay or work in a particular placesynonym towns, cities and villageshyponym …
5overstay — verb To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time …
6overstay — /oh veuhr stay /, v.t. 1. to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one s welcome. 2. Finance. to remain in (the market) beyond the point where a sale would have yielded the greatest profit. [1640 50; OVER + STAY1] * *… …
7Overstay — The act of holding an investment for too long. It often occurs when traders attempt to time the market by identifying the end of a price trend and the beginning of a new one, but, due to greed and fear, tend to overstay their positions. This… …
8overstay — o•ver•stay [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪ[/t]] v. t. to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of: to overstay one s welcome[/ex] • Etymology: 1640–50 …
9overstay — transitive verb Date: 1646 to stay beyond the time or the limits of …
10overstay — /oʊvəˈsteɪ/ (say ohvuh stay) verb (t) 1. to stay beyond the time or duration of; outstay: *Now don t get me wrong; I do admit that I overstayed my welcome ! –messenger, 1991. –verb (i) 2. to stay in a country longer than is permitted, as by a… …
