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overstay your welcome
phrase
C2mainly US(UK usuallyoutstay your welcome)
to stay too long:
I left after two days - I didn't want to overstay my welcome.
I was careful not to overstay my welcome.
I'll go - I've clearly overstayed my welcome.
I felt like the dinner guest who'd overstayed his welcome.
I suddenly noticed my host yawning and thought I'd perhaps overstayed my welcome.
See also
welcomenoun(MEETING)
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