outstand

Meaning

Verb

• To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
• To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.
• To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.
• To stand out to sea.
• To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.

Origin

• From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- + stand. Cognate with {{cog|stq|uutstounde|t=to bear,
• , Dutch uitstaan, German ausstehen, Swedish utstå.