lose patience

verb

To become impatient.

Similar
lose one's patience

Meanings

verblose patience (third-person singular simple present loses patience, present participle losing patience, simple past and past participle lost patience)

present singular third person loses patience · participle present losing patience · participle past lost patience · past lost patience

  1. idiomaticTo become impatient.

    Synonyms: lose one's patience

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo become impatient.

Similar
lose one's patience

Translations

Dutch zijn geduld verliezen
  • zijn geduld verliezento become impatient
Finnish menettää kärsivällisyytensä, menettää malttinsa
  • menettää kärsivällisyytensäto become impatient
  • menettää malttinsato become impatient
French perdre patience, s'impatienter
  • perdre patienceto become impatient
  • s'impatienterto become impatient
Hungarian elveszti a türelmét, türelmetlenkedik
  • elveszti a türelmétto become impatient
  • türelmetlenkedikto become impatient
Italian uscire dai gangheri, spazientirsi
  • uscire dai gangherito become impatient
  • spazientirsito become impatient
  • perdere la pazienzato become impatient
Polish tracić cierpliwość, stracić cierpliwość
  • tracić cierpliwośćto become impatient
  • stracić cierpliwośćto become impatient
Russian терять терпение
  • терять терпение (terjatʹ terpenije)to become impatient
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