outsit
Americanverb (used with object)
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to sit longer than; outwait.
He was determined to outsit his rival.
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to sit beyond the time of.
We realized we were outsitting our welcome.
Etymology
Origin of outsit
Example Sentences
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Outsit, owt-sit′, v.t. to sit beyond the time of.
From Project Gutenberg
Voted to outsit the Russians regardless of their plans.
From Time Magazine Archive
He determines to outsit Roger.
From Project Gutenberg
Or, perhaps that gentleman was only a pretext, and the young man's experienced eye had read that any attempt to outsit the learned assistant editor was foredoomed to failure.
From Project Gutenberg
No government will take him at his own, or rather his wife's extravagant, valuation; and betwixt his indecision and her insolence, from all I can guess, he will outsit his market, and be had cheap when no one will bid for him.
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