"wear out one's welcome" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-wear out one's welcome.ogg Forms: wears out one's welcome [present, singular, third-person], wearing out one's welcome [participle, present], wore out one's welcome [past], worn out one's welcome [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wear<,,wore,worn> out one's welcome|head=wear out one's welcome}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: outstay one's welcome, overstay one's welcome Related terms: fish and company stink after three days Translations (to make one's presence unwanted): lakata olemasta tervetullut (Finnish), die Gastfreundschaft überbeanspruchen (German), visszaél a vendégszeretettel (Hungarian), nadużyć gościnności (Polish), злоупотреблять гостеприимством (zloupotrebljatʹ gostepriimstvom) [imperfective] (Russian)
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