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tries someone's patience

tries someone's patience is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tries someone's patience

What is tries someone's patience the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tries someone's patience is the third-person singular simple present indicative of try someone's patience.

Words near tries someone's patience in the dictionary

  1. tries on for size
  2. tries one's hand
  3. tries one's luck
  4. tries one's wings
  5. tries out
  6. tries someone's patience
  7. tries titles
  8. Triesenberg
  9. triest
  10. Trieste
  11. triester

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