gladly suffer fools

A form of suffer fools gladly — To be tolerant of stupidity or incompetence in other people.

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Meanings

verbgladly suffer fools (third-person singular simple present gladly suffers fools, present participle gladly suffering fools, simple past and past participle gladly suffered fools)

present singular third person gladly suffers fools · participle present gladly suffering fools · participle past gladly suffered fools · past gladly suffered fools

  1. alternativeAlternative form of suffer fools gladly.
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