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Meaning of test someone's patience | Babel Free

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 also

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