Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To stay beyond the set limits or expected duration of; outstay.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stay or delay beyond; stay beyond the limits or duration of: as, to
overstay one's time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To stay beyond the time or the limits of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To remain present after the
agreed orappropriate departure time. - verb transitive To remain present beyond the
limits of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stay too long
Etymologies
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Examples
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Right, but the loophole is the visa overstay, which is not the same as keeping out people we don't want to enter under any circumstances by denying them even a transit visa.
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The decision to take him into custody on August 15, 2001, on the INS "overstay" charge was a deliberate one to counter that threat and was based on the agents 'reasonable suspicions.
WHO REALLY DROPPED THE BALL ON 911? CHECK OUT FBI WHISTLE BLOWER, COLEEN ROWLEY 2006
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You will wonder perhaps why I "overstay," since I frankly admit that I'm "fed up" with too much scenery and too much information.
Set in Silver 1901
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The House says it "does not believe that the proposed system will put an end to the 'overstay' phenomenon as such".
unknown title 2009
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The best part about the restaurant is ... you know how when you tend to 'overstay' yourself in some restaurants, the restaurant purposely turns off the air-con or stops refilling your glass of water/tea as a hint to tell you to f*ck off?
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After all, we also have British, Russian, French, and other nationalities who overstay their visas.
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Our experience is that the Immigration Service at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City scrutinizes very carefully all applications and will tend to reject those from people who, in their opinion, may overstay their visa or not return at all to Mexico.
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Unfortunately, pretty much all of Jacqueline's advice falls on deaf ears, as Teresa tells her, "You really don't know ... it's between me and my brother," and then proceeds to overstay her welcome by a few hours.
Top Moments: Jon Stewart's Delicious Rant, The Voice's Fatal Kiss and an Uncertain Weiner 2011
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There is no probability that she would try to overstay any visa.
visa for wife 2010
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Also, people overstay their visas because there is no other way for them to keep legal status in this country.
Should path for citizenship be made easier for illegal immigrants? 2010
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