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Verb: outstay  ,awt'stey
  1. Stay too long
    "overstay or outstay one's welcome";
    - overstay
     
  2. Surpass in staying power
    "They outstayed their competitors"

Derived forms: outstayed, outstaying, outstays

Type of: abide [archaic], bide [archaic], last out, outride, ride out, stay

Nearest

outspan
outspend
outspoken
outspokenly
outspokenness
outspread
outstanding
outstandingly
outstare
outstation
outstay
outstretch
outstretched
outstrip
outstroke
outswinger
outta
outtake
outthink
outthrust
out-tray