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tests someone's patience

tests someone's patience is the third-person singular simple present indicative of test someone's patience.

Meaning of test someone's patience

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)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To begin to frustrate someone.
    • These frequent Internet outages are testing my patience.

Questions about tests someone's patience

What is tests someone's patience the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tests someone's patience is the third-person singular simple present indicative of test someone's patience.

Words near tests someone's patience in the dictionary

  1. testrun
  2. testruns
  3. tests
  4. tests of time
  5. tests out
  6. tests someone's patience
  7. tests the water
  8. tests the waters
  9. testudian
  10. testudians
  11. testudinal

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