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try someone's patience

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
try -some-one's -pa-tience
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of test someone's patience.

Inflected Forms

tries someone's patience (present, singular) trying someone's patience (participle, present) tried someone's patience (participle, past) tried someone's patience (past)

Synonyms

test someone's patience

Questions

What does try someone's patience mean?
Synonym of test someone's patience.

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