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outsleep

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[out-sleep] / ˌaʊtˈslip /

verb (used with object)

outslept, outsleeping
  1. to sleep through or later than (a specified time).

  2. to sleep until the end of.

    to outsleep a thunderstorm.


Etymology

Origin of outsleep

First recorded in 1580–90; out- + sleep

Example Sentences

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“Your pardon, Don José, that I outsleep the camp,” he muttered haltingly.

From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley

Oh to drink of it again, and to lay her head upon the pillow and outsleep the day!

From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George

When he did recollect, he rose quietly, extinguished the gas and made the room as dark as possible, in hopes that Bovey might outsleep himself in the morning.

From Crowded Out! and Other Sketches by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)

Not a morning did I outsleep the reveille; nor once missed matins in the Cathedral.

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne

Yet even he could not outsleep the reluctant lingering of night.

From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George

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