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wear out one's welcome



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Idioms and Phrases

Visit for longer than one's host wants, as in She wanted to stay another few days but feared she would wear out her welcome . This expression uses wear out in the sense of “exhaust” or “use up.” [Mid-1800s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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