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wearing out one's welcome

wearing out one's welcome is the present participle and gerund of wear out one's welcome.

Meaning of wear out one's welcome

Verb

wear out one's welcome (third-person singular simple present wears out one's welcome, present participle wearing out one's welcome, simple past wore out one's welcome, past participle worn out one's welcome)

  1. (idiomatic) To behave in an offensive, burdensome, or tiresome manner, with the result that one's continued presence is unwanted within a residence, commercial establishment, or social group.
    • No: he feared to "wear out his welcome," he said: they had "seen enough of him for one while": […]1889, Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Sylvie and Bruno, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 224

Questions about wearing out one's welcome

What is wearing out one's welcome the present participle and gerund of?
Wearing out one's welcome is the present participle and gerund of wear out one's welcome.

Words near wearing out one's welcome in the dictionary

  1. wearing off
  2. wearing on
  3. wearing on one's sleeve
  4. wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
  5. wearing out
  6. wearing out one's welcome
  7. wearing rose-colored glasses
  8. wearing sackcloth and ashes
  9. wearing something on one's sleeve
  10. wearing the breeches
  11. wearing the pants

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