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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I should be vexed to have her outsit Serena.—Well,
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
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 Queed by Crosby, Raymond Moreau
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