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wore out one's welcome

wore out one's welcome is the simple past 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 wore out one's welcome

What is wore out one's welcome the simple past of?
Wore out one's welcome is the simple past of wear out one's welcome.

Words near wore out one's welcome in the dictionary

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

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