test someone's patience in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

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          "text": "These frequent Internet outages are testing my patience.",
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        "To begin to frustrate someone."
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        "(informal, transitive) To begin to frustrate someone."
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      "form": "tests someone's patience",
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        "(informal, transitive) To begin to frustrate someone."
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"test someone's patience" meaning in English

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