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welcome mat
noun
a doormat, especially one with the word “welcome” printed on it.
Idioms and Phrases
put out the welcome mat, to extend a hearty welcome.
The club put out the welcome mat for new members.
Example Sentences
And U.S. stock exchanges, wary of wading into politically sensitive territory, have pulled away the welcome mat for China.
This administration is never going to roll out the welcome mat for illegal immigrants.
“While other nations are rolling out the welcome mat, the U.S. government is putting up the ‘closed’ sign,” Julia Simpson, the council’s president, said in a statement.
A welcome mat doesn’t get more welcoming than that for a conductor, and this is someone who has yet no official title with the orchestra.
“The last thing we need is a welcome mat for people who extol criminals and terrorists,” Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau said on X.
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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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