outsleep

[ out-sleep ]
/ ˌaʊtˈslip /

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.

Origin of outsleep

First recorded in 1580–90; out- + sleep

Words nearby outsleep

outsing, outsit, outsize, outskirt, outskirts, outsleep, outsmart, outsoar, outsold, outsole, outsource

Example sentences 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