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outstays

outstays is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outstays

What is outstays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outstays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outstay.

Words near outstays in the dictionary

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

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