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worn out one's welcome

worn out one's welcome is the past participle 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 worn out one's welcome

What is worn out one's welcome the past participle of?
Worn out one's welcome is the past participle of wear out one's welcome.

Words near worn out one's welcome in the dictionary

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

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