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try someone's patience

try someone's patience verb: synonym of test 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.

Synonyms of try someone's patience

Forms of try someone's patience

third-person singular presenttries someone's patience
present participletrying someone's patience
past participletried someone's patience
pasttried someone's patience

Questions about try someone's patience

What does try someone's patience mean?
Try someone's patience means synonym of test someone's patience.
What part of speech is try someone's patience?
Try someone's patience is a verb.
What is the past tense of try someone's patience?
The past tense of try someone's patience is tried someone's patience.

Words near try someone's patience in the dictionary

  1. try one's wings
  2. try out
  3. try over
  4. try pot
  5. try pots
  6. try someone's patience
  7. try square
  8. try squares
  9. try the veal
  10. try titles
  11. try work

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