OUTSTAY


Meaning of OUTSTAY in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

welcome

We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome .

Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

outstay/overstay your welcome

Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome .

I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome .

I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours.

It would be senseless to overstay their welcome .

Some parts of her book overstay their welcome .

We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Maher on Bachelor's Button, however, was still convinced that his mount could outstay her and held on tenaciously.

The Walthamstow jumper was outstayed over the course and distance a month ago but has less to do on this occasion.

We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.