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outsleep

[ out-sleep ]
/ ˌaʊtˈslip /
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verb (used with object), out·slept, out·sleep·ing.

to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
to sleep until the end of: to outsleep a thunderstorm.

Nearby words

  1. outsit,
  2. outsize,
  3. outsized,
  4. outskirt,
  5. outskirts,
  6. outsmart,
  7. outsoar,
  8. outsold,
  9. outsole,
  10. outsource

Origin of outsleep

First recorded in 1580–90; out- + sleep
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for outsleep

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

    The Whirlpool|George Gissing

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

    Out of the Depths|Robert Ames Bennet

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

    The Bandolero|Mayne Reid

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

    The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan