outstay/overstay your welcome

outstay/overstay your welcome
outstay/overstay your welcome (or wear out your welcome)
: to be no longer welcome to stay in a place because you have stayed too long, been impolite, etc.

After staying for a week, she felt she had worn out her welcome.

As much as he has contributed to the company, he has outstayed his welcome and needs to go.

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Main Entry:welcome

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • outstay (your) welcome — outstay/overstay (your) welcome to stay in a place longer than someone wants you to stay. One more cup of tea and then we ll go. We don t want to outstay our welcome! …   New idioms dictionary

  • welcome — wel|come1 [ welkəm ] verb transitive *** to greet someone in a polite and friendly way when they have come to see you or help you: warmly welcome (=with enthusiasm): Visitors will be warmly welcomed. welcome someone/something with open arms… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • welcome*/*/ — [ˈwelkəm] verb [T] I 1) to greet someone in a polite and friendly way when they arrive My aunt and uncle were waiting at the door to welcome us.[/ex] 2) to say that you approve of something that has happened, or that you are pleased about it They …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • welcome — wel|come1 W2S3 [ˈwelkəm] v [T] 1.) to say hello in a friendly way to someone who has just arrived = ↑greet ▪ I must be there to welcome my guests. ▪ They welcomed us warmly . ▪ His family welcomed me with open arms (=in a very friendly way) . 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • welcome — 1 verb (T) 1 to say hello in a friendly way to someone who has just arrived: The Queen welcomed the President as he got off the plane. 2 to accept an idea, suggestion etc happily: Henri doesn t welcome intrusions into his privacy. | The college… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • overstay — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)ste͟ɪ[/t]] overstays, overstaying, overstayed VERB: no passive If you overstay your time, you stay somewhere for longer than you should. to overstay your welcome → see welcome [V n] Up to forty per …   English dictionary

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