"mettre à bout" meaning in Français

See mettre à bout in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \mɛ.tʁ‿a bu\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-mettre à bout.wav
  1. Exaspérer quelqu’un, abuser de sa patience. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-mettre_à_bout-fr-verb-FggiyGqL Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes familiers en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pousser à bout
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    "Composé de mettre, à et bout."
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          "ref": "Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Le Feu follet (1931)",
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