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warm welcome
Idioms and Phrases
A hearty, hospitable reception or greeting, as in We got a very warm welcome when we finally arrived . This expression, dating from the mid-1700s, should not be confused with the similar warm reception , which from about 1700 signified a hostile welcome, as in His rivals were planning a warm reception for him .Example Sentences
The royal visitors - Carlo and Camilla in the local press - were also given a warm welcome by Italy's President Sergio Mattarella in his residence at the Quirinale Palace.
"Their love for Italy... and all things Italian resonate deeply here," said the ambassador, predicting a warm welcome ahead of the trip to Rome and the historic city of Ravenna.
Ordinary Greenlanders also made their displeasure known, promising that the American delegation would not receive a warm welcome.
"I want to say thank you to everyone in Kenya for a very warm welcome and an amazing rally."
King Charles gave a warm welcome to the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney when he visited Buckingham Palace.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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