outsleep

American  

[aut-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.

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Etymology

Origin of outsleep

First recorded in 1580–90; out- + sleep

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Example Sentences

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outsleep outslept

“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 Robert Wesley Amick

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 S. Frances (Susie Frances) Harrison

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

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Mayne Reid

Then, I thank God, I have vast blessings; I have preserved my eyes, ears, and teeth; I have no pain left; and I would bet with any dormouse that it cannot outsleep me.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole

When the fierce northwestern blast, Cools sea and land so far and fast, Thou already slumberest deep; Woe and want thou canst outsleep; Want and woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous.

From Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier by Margaret Spraque Carhart

Her eyes were still red, but she had the happy look of a child that has outslept its grief.

From The Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton

She starts within me, like a traveller, Who sluggishly outslept his morning hour, And mends his pace to reach his inn betimes.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott

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