outstay

IPA: aʊtstˈeɪ

Examples of "outstay" in Sentences

The solos never outstay their welcome, and he never overcomplicates things.
Fugard's three-hander is wordy but meaty, and if it is inclined to outstay its welcome, it does so with grace.
It's not hard to read, but you do have to keep on your toes (although, at only 158 pages, it doesn't outstay its welcome).
Told me never to outstay my welcome and so I'm always on edge, wondering whether I should be going, whether the offer of another drink is meant to be declined.
Perhaps we should insist on better candidates, go to the inconvenience of voting for them, and then ask them to leave - via term limits - before they outstay their welcome.
The opening act, a conversation piece, always tends to outstay its welcome, and Peter Selwyn, conducting, might have helped the fine cast and orchestra by quickening the tempi.
Madrid has also adopted an indulgent line toward the tens of thousands of East Europeans who "outstay" their tourist visas to work in the country's fields, factories and restaurants.
Let's face it the franchise did more than outstay it's welcome, it beat it to a pulp and destroyed it right in front of our faces, eked every last ounce of humour from it and replayed it until it just wasn't funny any more.
I suppose Paul has always said that Kauto will outstay the other one, but he's a wonderful jumper, Master Minded, and if he gets his jumping right …In view of their shared ownership, it is a pity that the pair don't seem to get along.