What does outstay mean?
Outstay means (transitive) To stay beyond or longer than..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To stay beyond or longer than..
Podson stayed till after five, though he handsomely apologized for outstaying a call. "The fact is, I never think of the time, when I get talking to a really intelligent woman..."
Use outstay when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outstay means (transitive) To stay beyond or longer than..
Common synonyms include overstay.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Podson stayed till after five, though he handsomely apologized for outstaying a call. "The fact is, I never think of the time, when I get talking to a really intelligent woman..."
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