Usually means: Overstay hospitality, become burdensome guest.
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  1. wear out one's welcome: Merriam-Webster
  2. wear out one's welcome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wear out one's welcome, wear out one's welcome: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wear out one's welcome: Wiktionary
  5. wear out one's welcome, wear out ones welcome: Dictionary.com
  6. wear out one's welcome: ESL Idiom Page

Definitions from Wiktionary (wear out one's welcome)

verb:  (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.


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