overstay
oh ver stay
- v stay too long
overstay or outstay one's welcome
- While it can be said that Moussaoui's overstay status was fortuitous, because it allowed for him to be taken into immediate custody and prevented him receiving any more .
- And he worries about the continued lack of tracking ability for foreign nationals who overstay their visas.
- The government still lacks a system for determining whether immigrants who enter legally overstay their visas, as two 911 hijackers did.