Usually means: Stay longer than necessary, linger.
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  1. overlinger: Wordnik
  2. overlinger: Wiktionary
  3. Overlinger: Dictionary.com
  4. Overlinger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. overlinger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Overlinger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. overlinger: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Overlinger: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overlinger)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To linger or remain for too long.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To cause to linger; to detain too long.

Similar:
loiter, linger out, hang around, hang about, stick around, hover, languor, Hove, lay over, overhang, more...

Opposite:
underling, subordinate, junior

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Similar:
loiter, linger out, hang around, hang about, stick around, hover, languor, Hove, lay over, overhang, more...

Opposite:
underling, subordinate, junior



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