"test someone's patience" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tests someone's patience [present, singular, third-person], testing someone's patience [participle, present], tested someone's patience [participle, past], tested someone's patience [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} test someone's patience (third-person singular simple present tests someone's patience, present participle testing someone's patience, simple past and past participle tested someone's patience)
  1. (informal, transitive) To begin to frustrate someone. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: try someone's patience
    Sense id: en-test_someone's_patience-en-verb-THxyCBvD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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