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strains courtesy

strains courtesy is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 strains courtesy

What is strains courtesy the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Strains courtesy is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strain courtesy.

Words near strains courtesy in the dictionary

  1. strainrates
  2. strains
  3. strains a point
  4. strains at a gnat
  5. strains at the leash
  6. strains courtesy
  7. strains every nerve
  8. strains the potatoes
  9. strainsome
  10. straint
  11. straintronic

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