test someone's patience
To begin to frustrate someoneTo begin to frustrate someone.
» You're really testing my patience.
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1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To begin to frustrate someone.
These frequent Internet outages are testing my patience.
Examples
10 sentencesYou're really testing my patience.
You're testing my patience.
ruТы испытываешь моё терпение. — marafon
deDu stellst meine Geduld auf die Probe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
His behavior often tests my patience.
Waiting tests my patience.
She is testing my patience.
ruОна проверяет моё терпение. — Bernie75
Forms
tests someone's patience, testing someone's patience, tested someone's patience, tested someone's patience| Base form | test someone's patience · to test someone's patience |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tests someone's patience |
| Present participle | testing someone's patience |
| Past simple | tested someone's patience |
| Past participle | tested someone's patience |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | test someone's patience |
| he, she, it | tests someone's patience |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | tested someone's patience |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have tested someone's patience |
| he, she, it | has tested someone's patience |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will test someone's patience |
Synonyms
68 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.