HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Home › Dictionary › English › test someone's patience
Back to search

test someone's patience

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To begin to frustrate someone.

idiomatic, informal, transitive

Examples

“These frequent Internet outages are testing my patience.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See all C1 English words →

See also

test the waters test-drive test-drives test-driving test-drove test-fly

Learn this word in context

See test someone's patience used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free