out of patience

out of patience
*out of patience
annoyed and impatient after being patient for a while. (*Typically: be \out of patience; run \out of patience.) •

I finally ran out of patience and lost my temper.

The boss is finally out of patience with me.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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