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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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After sunset they gradually awake and proceed to ravage any fruit preserves which may be within reach, committing serious depredations while the owners outsleep the moon.

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

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

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

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Lovers to bed; 'tis almost fairy time, I fear we shall outsleep the coming morn, As much as we this night have overwatched.

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