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Meaning of outstay | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To stay beyond or longer than.

transitive

Examples

“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..."”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

outstay one's welcome outstayed outstaying outstays outsteal outstealing