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tried someone's patience

tried someone's patience is the simple past and past participle of try someone's patience.

Meaning of try someone's patience

Verb

try someone's patience (third-person singular simple present tries someone's patience, present participle trying someone's patience, simple past and past participle tried someone's patience)

  1. Synonym of test someone's patience.

Questions about tried someone's patience

What is tried someone's patience the simple past and past participle of?
Tried someone's patience is the simple past and past participle of try someone's patience.

Words near tried someone's patience in the dictionary

  1. tried on for size
  2. tried one's hand
  3. tried one's luck
  4. tried one's wings
  5. tried out
  6. tried someone's patience
  7. tried titles
  8. triedral
  9. triedst
  10. trieicosenoin
  11. trieing

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