test one's patience

Frequency: 6.57.8 per million words

to do something that might make someone lose their patience

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Examples (10)

  • The constant interruptions really test my patience.
  • His slow progress is starting to test the teacher's patience.
  • A difficult customer can test your patience to the limit.
  • The long delay at the airport tested the patience of the passengers.
  • It's unwise to test his patience when he's already stressed.
  • The puppy's behavior would test the patience of a saint.
  • They are deliberately trying to test my patience by arriving late.
  • Trying to assemble this furniture is really testing my patience.
  • The slow bureaucratic process will test anyone's patience.
  • How much longer will you test my patience with these excuses?