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wears out one's welcome

wears out one's welcome is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Wears out one's welcome is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wear out one's welcome.

Words near wears out one's welcome in the dictionary

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

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