overstay or outstay one's welcome. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The House says it "does not believe that the proposed system will put an end to the 'overstay' phenomenon as such". From Wordnik.com. Reference
You will wonder perhaps why I "overstay," since I frankly admit that I'm "fed up" with too much scenery and too much information. From Wordnik.com. [Set in Silver] Reference
I don't think we should overstay our welcome, do you?. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd Garver: Iraq To U.S.: "'Bye."] Reference
And now the worry is they will overstay their welcome. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2006] Reference
Most television dramas ultimately overstay their welcome. From Wordnik.com. ["Nip/Tuck" Returns, Revamped and Raring to Go] Reference
It was termed an overstay and that is why he was denied entry. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2005] Reference
Beyond that, though, Mr. Ospel shouldn't overstay his welcome. From Wordnik.com. [Know When It's Time to Go] Reference
A suspicion she would overstay the terms of her visitor's visa. From Wordnik.com. [Conor Fortune: Love, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness] Reference
Anyway, British soldiers nowadays rarely overstay their welcome. From Wordnik.com. [A British Bill of Rights?] Reference
They have never been sufficiently funded to address the overstay issue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2002] Reference
I'm forgetting people, obviously, but I don't want to overstay my welcome. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mans War] Reference
SCHIAVONE: The State Department would not comment on the visa overstay issue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2008] Reference
But kind of my initial reaction, is a lot of those people overstay their visas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2007] Reference
OpEdNews - Article: Icelandic woman chained on arrival at JFK for 1995 overstay. From Wordnik.com. [Icelandic woman chained on arrival at JFK for 1995 overstay] Reference
Between 40 and 60 percent of legal visitors to this country overstay their visas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2007] Reference
The queen of all media now extending her reign, but will she overstay her welcome?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2004] Reference
An unknown number overstay their visa to work other jobs illegally to pay their debts. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2007] Reference
Mike Huckabee opposes amnesty and wants a crackdown on those who overstay their visas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2008] Reference
Three had only recently been subject to overstay, and none of them under deportation order. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2002] Reference
History shows that stronger country almost always overstay their welcome in weaker countries. From Wordnik.com. [Hooman Majd: Bomb, Bomb, Iran?] Reference
Like some relatives, they can be erratic, arrive in groups and tend to overstay their welcome. From Wordnik.com. [How to stop the ants from marching in (Hurrah!)] Reference
Some cross the border legally on a visit visa and then overstay their permit to look for work. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
That's probably why a lot of them cross the border, they come here legally, overstay their visa. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2007] Reference
A lot of times they come legally and then overstay, or do something improper while they are here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2001] Reference
One-third of you will have critical rules to follow so junior doesn't overstay his or her welcome. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 2, 2009] Reference
And, I thought I made a contribution, and four years is a good time and sometimes you can overstay. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eva Clayton, July 18, 1989. Interview C-0084. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
People who overstay their visas will have a harder time returning to the United States in the future. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2003] Reference
PILGRIM: The problem of catching illegal aliens and those who overstay is lack of money and resources. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2005] Reference
Because of the record-keeping problem, Miami inspectors were unaware of Atta's visa-overstay violation. From Wordnik.com. [Fortress America] Reference
I married Rashborough because it was the best thing that offered, and I did not want to overstay my market. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
TRASVINA: A lot of people come in and don't even come across the border and they come in legally and overstay their visas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2008] Reference
TRASVINA: No. A lot of people come in, don't even come across the border, and they come in legally and overstay their visas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2008] Reference
SYLVESTER: Democrats and Republicans criticized the compromised legislation for giving guest workers every reason to overstay. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2007] Reference
There's one million in all that get in every year, but 300, 000 walk in the door legally with papers and overstay their welcome. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 23, 2003] Reference
Restaurants have a name for patrons who overstay their welcome by occupying a table long after any food or drink has been consumed. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Tom] Reference
“Let the terrorists among us be warned: If you overstay your visa -- even by one day -- we will arrest you,” Ashcroft proclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [Stephan Salisbury: Extremism at Ground Zero (Again)] Reference
The Department of Homeland Security says the program would help agents find potential terrorists and people who overstay their visas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008] Reference
DOBBS: And it takes how long to grant a visa and how long to run down one of these so-called overstays -- I love that word, overstay. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2005] Reference
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