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overstay

Verb (transitive)

o=ver=stay

WORDNET DICTIONARY

overstay(v = verb.stative) outstay - stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome"

is one way to abide, bide, stay

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

overstay, v. t.

To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time; to overstay one's welcome. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

overstay, v.tr. stay longer than (one's welcome, a time limit, etc.).

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