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outstay
/ ˌʊˈٱɪ /
verb
- to stay longer than
- to stay beyond (a limit)
- outstay one's welcomeSee overstay
Example Sentences
"It was a hard choice for William, but he saw it right. He thought this horse would see out the mile trip and he outstayed them," said Appleby.
"The worst thing you can do with a comedy is to outstay your welcome."
Southgate may have sensed it himself as he talked of “not outstaying my welcome” before a Nations League meeting with Hungary at Molineux.
Because I am constantly looking for reasons to get rid of old things, old ways of thinking and being that have outstayed their usefulness, I’m drawn to spring cleaning as an annual rite.
Or lead her to conclude, given the at best tepid public support of her colleagues, that she has outstayed her welcome.
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