lose patience

English

Verb

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

1. To become impatient. [with with ‘someone’]

   Synonym: lose one's patience

Translations

to become impatient

• Dutch: zijn geduld verliezen
• Finnish: menettää kärsivällisyytensä, menettää malttinsa (fi)
• French: perdre patience, s’impatienter
• Hungarian: elveszti a türelmét, türelmetlenkedik (hu)
• Italian: uscire dai gangheri, spazientirsi (it), perdere la pazienza
• Polish: tracić cierpliwość impf, stracić cierpliwość pf

Further reading

• “lose patience”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lose patience”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “lose patience”, in Collins English Dictionary.