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welcome mat
noun
- a doormat, especially one with the word “welcome” printed on it.
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Idioms and Phrases
- put out the welcome mat, to extend a hearty welcome:
The club put out the welcome mat for new members.
More idioms and phrases containing welcome mat
A friendly welcome, as in They put out the welcome mat for all new members . This expression alludes to a doormat with the word “Welcome” printed on it. [Mid-1900]Discover More
Example Sentences
On paper, the choice of the 40th struck me as perhaps too well-worn a welcome mat, too literal a return to business as usual.
Could have put it under the welcome mat, Jennifer Lord thought as she pulled it down and entered her apartment.
Besides, neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are exactly rolling out the welcome mat for Kerry.
In “right to work” Virginia, a McAuliffe win is a union welcome mat.
We need to put the welcome mat back out and more vigorously promote the United States as the best travel destination in the world.
“We have a welcome mat for all financial services,” Osborne said.
The Tennessee Republican Party is laying out the welcome mat.
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