to outstay
1outstay 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 …
2Outstay — Out*stay , v. t. To stay beyond or longer than. [1913 Webster] She concluded to outstay him. Mad. D Arblay. [1913 Webster] …
3outstay (your) welcome — outstay/overstay (your) welcome to stay in a place longer than someone wants you to stay. One more cup of tea and then we ll go. We don t want to outstay our welcome! …
4outstay — ► VERB ▪ stay beyond the limit of (one s expected or permitted time) …
5outstay — [out΄stā′] vt. 1. to stay longer than 2. to stay beyond the time of; overstay …
6outstay one's welcome — To stay too long • • • Main Entry: ↑welcome * * * see welcome …
7outstay/overstay your welcome — (or wear out your welcome) : to be no longer welcome to stay in a place because you have stayed too long, been impolite, etc. After staying for a week, she felt she had worn out her welcome. As much as he has contributed to the company, he has… …
8outstay — /owt stay /, v.t. 1. to stay longer than. 2. to stay beyond the time or duration of; overstay: to outstay one s welcome. [1590 1600; OUT + STAY1] * * * …
9outstay — verb Outstay is used with these nouns as the object: ↑welcome …
10outstay — out|stay [autˈsteı] v [T] to stay somewhere longer than someone else →outstay your welcome at ↑welcome3 (3) …
