"strain courtesy" meaning in English

See strain courtesy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: strains courtesy [present, singular, third-person], straining courtesy [participle, present], strained courtesy [participle, past], strained courtesy [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} strain courtesy (third-person singular simple present strains courtesy, present participle straining courtesy, simple past and past participle strained courtesy)
  1. To go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others.
    Sense id: en-strain_courtesy-en-verb--iAgjRM1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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