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straining courtesy

straining courtesy is the present participle and gerund of strain courtesy.

Meaning of strain courtesy

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.
    • my business was great ; and in such a case as mine , a man may strain courtesyc. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about straining courtesy

What is straining courtesy the present participle and gerund of?
Straining courtesy is the present participle and gerund of strain courtesy.

Words near straining courtesy in the dictionary

  1. straining a point
  2. straining at a gnat
  3. straining at the leash
  4. straining beam
  5. straining beams
  6. straining courtesy
  7. straining every nerve
  8. straining piece
  9. straining pieces
  10. straining the potatoes
  11. strainingly

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