Associations to the word «Outstay»

Adjective

Verb

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Wiktionary

OUTSTAY, verb. To stay beyond or longer than.
OUTSTAY ONE'S WELCOME, verb. To stay as a guest longer than the host expected.
OUTSTAY ONE'S WELCOME, verb. (By extension) To become an unwelcome person because of embarrassing or antisocial behaviour.

Dictionary definition

OUTSTAY, verb. Stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome".
OUTSTAY, verb. Surpass in staying power; "They outstayed their competitors".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn