Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    die Gastfreundschaft überbeanspruchen

    злоупотреблять гостеприимствомzloupotrebljatʹ gostepriimstvom

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't want to wear out his welcome.

  2. I don't want to wear out my welcome.

    ruНе хочу злоупотреблять гостеприимством. — Ooneykcall

  3. We don't want to wear out our welcome.

  4. Tom told Mary that they needed to be careful not to wear out their welcome.

    deTom sagte Maria, dass sie vorsichtig sein sollten, die Gastfreundschaft nicht überzustrapazieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I didn't want to wear out my welcome, so I only stayed for a few minutes.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make one's presence unwanted:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make one's presence unwanted:

Forms

wears out one's welcome, wearing out one's welcome, wore out one's welcome, worn out one's welcome
Base formwear out one's welcome · to wear out one's welcome
3rd person singularwears out one's welcome
Present participlewearing out one's welcome
Past simplewore out one's welcome
Past participleworn out one's welcome

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywear out one's welcome
he, she, itwears out one's welcome

Past simpleLesson

all personswore out one's welcome

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave worn out one's welcome
he, she, ithas worn out one's welcome

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wear out one's welcome

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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