test someone's patience
test someone's patience verb: to begin to frustrate someone.
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)
- To begin to frustrate someone.
- These frequent Internet outages are testing my patience.
- Synonyms:
- try someone's patience, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass, antagonize, bother
Synonyms of test someone's patience
Forms of test someone's patience
| third-person singular present | tests someone's patience |
|---|---|
| present participle | testing someone's patience |
| past participle | tested someone's patience |
| past | tested someone's patience |
Questions about test someone's patience
- What does test someone's patience mean?
- Test someone's patience means to begin to frustrate someone.
- What part of speech is test someone's patience?
- Test someone's patience is a verb.
- What is the past tense of test someone's patience?
- The past tense of test someone's patience is tested someone's patience.
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