verb
- to stay longer than someone or something else
- to stay beyond the proper or expected time
Usage: past tense of outstay
Usage: past tense of outstay
Examples
- The guests outstayed their welcome at the dinner party.
- She outstayed all the other competitors in the endurance contest.
- He outstayed his visa and had to pay a fine.
- The tourists outstayed the recommended visiting hours at the museum.
- They outstayed the storm by remaining in the shelter overnight.
- The student outstayed his classmates in the library, studying until midnight.