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outstaying

outstaying is the present participle and gerund of outstay.

Meaning of outstay

Verb

outstay (third-person singular simple present outstays, present participle outstaying, simple past and past participle outstayed)

  1. (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..."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 149

Questions about outstaying

What is outstaying the present participle and gerund of?
Outstaying is the present participle and gerund of outstay.

Words near outstaying in the dictionary

  1. outstay
  2. outstay one's welcome
  3. outstayed
  4. outstayer
  5. outstayers
  6. outstaying
  7. outstays
  8. outsteal
  9. outstealing
  10. outsteals
  11. outsteam

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