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usher in

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usher someone in
to show that someone is welcome. He opened the door wide and with a welcoming arm, ushered them in.
Usage notes: also used in the form usher someone into something to welcome someone to the start of something: Graduation ceremonies are designed to usher the new graduates into adult life.

usher in something
to signal the beginning of something. We will usher in the new year with champagne and dancing. Another powerful storm system ushered in wind and rain, causing great damage here.
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Elton; but he was actually hurried off by Miss Bates, she jumped away from him at last abruptly to the Coles, to usher in a letter from her niece.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
The bullfrogs trump to usher in the night, and the note of the whip-poor-will is borne on the rippling wind from over the water.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
The bird received this information with a crow of such duration as a cock, gifted with intelligence beyond all others of his kind, might usher in the longest day with.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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