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DictionarySeewelcomewear out (one's) welcome
wear out (one's) welcome1. To remain a guest in a place, especially someone's home, for too long, to the point where the host no longer wishes one to stay. After the cool reception I received at breakfast, it was apparent that I had worn out my welcome at the cottage of my father's friend.2. By extension, to do something that makes one no longer welcome in or at a place. Things were going fine at the dinner meeting until my coworker made an off-color joke, at which point it seemed that we had worn out our welcome.See also: out, wear, welcomewear out one's welcomeFig. to stay too long (at an event to which one has been invited); to visit somewhere too often. Tom visited the Smiths so often that he wore out his welcome. At about midnight, I decided that I had worn out my welcome, so I went home.See also: out, wear, welcomewear out one's welcomeVisit for longer than one's host wants, as in She wanted to stay another few days but feared she would wear out her welcome. This expression uses wear out in the sense of "exhaust" or "use up." [Mid-1800s] See also: out, wear, welcome wear out (one's) welcome To visit so often or stay so long as to become a nuisance.See also: out, wear, welcome |