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gladly suffer fools

gladly suffer fools is the alternative form of suffer fools gladly.

Meaning of suffer fools gladly

Verb

suffer fools gladly (third-person singular simple present suffers fools gladly, present participle suffering fools gladly, simple past and past participle suffered fools gladly)

  1. (idiomatic) To be tolerant of stupidity or incompetence in other people.
    • For ye ſuffre foles gladly be cauſe that ye youre ſelves are wyſe.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians xj:[19], folio ccxlv, recto

Forms of gladly suffer fools

third-person singular presentgladly suffers fools
present participlegladly suffering fools
past participlegladly suffered fools
pastgladly suffered fools

Questions about gladly suffer fools

What is gladly suffer fools the alternative form of?
Gladly suffer fools is the alternative form of suffer fools gladly.

Words near gladly suffer fools in the dictionary

  1. gladkaite
  2. gladless
  3. gladlier
  4. gladliest
  5. gladly
  6. gladly suffer fools
  7. Gladman
  8. Gladmans
  9. gladness
  10. gladnesses
  11. Gladney

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