outsleep

American  

[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.

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Etymology

Origin of outsleep

First recorded in 1580–90; out- + sleep

Example Sentences

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

From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George

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

From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George

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 Carhart, Margaret Spraque

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 Walpole, Horace

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

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne