warm welcome

Idioms  

1. A hearty, hospitable reception or greeting, as in We got a very warm welcome when we finally arrived. This expression, dating from the mid-1700s, should not be confused with the similar warm reception, which from about 1700 signified a hostile welcome, as in His rivals were planning a warm reception for him.

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Example Sentences

People struggling with high heating bills and other cost-of-living pressures are being encouraged to use a series of "Warm Welcome" spaces this winter.

From BBC

Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland has hailed the warm welcome he received while filming his new festive movie in North Yorkshire and has promised to return.

From BBC

Pope Leo XIV wraps up a four-day trip to Turkey on Sunday after a warm welcome by its tiny Christian community, before heading to Lebanon with a message of peace for the crisis-mired nation.

From Barron's

The seeds had been planted on Tyneside a couple of weeks previously after Newcastle supporters gave their Spanish visitors a warm welcome.

From BBC

"How our fans will react, I have no clue how that's going to be. He gets a warm welcome from me, that's for sure."

From BBC