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View synonyms for try one's patience
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Put one's tolerance to a severe test, cause one to be annoyed, as in Putting these parts together really tries my patience , or Her constant lateness tries our patience . This idiom uses try in the sense of “test,” a usage dating from about 1300.Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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