lose patience
idiom
: to become annoyed or upset about having to wait for something
Those people have been here for hours, and they're starting to lose patience.
—often + withThe team continues to play poorly, and many fans are starting to lose patience with them.
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Demand for Japan’s 40-year bonds has plunged, and the country is becoming a case study in what happens when investors lose patience with deficits.
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 29 May 2025
Hartman’s eight-game suspension in February was a tipping point, with everyone seeming to lose patience with him, from the commissioner to the Wild brass.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Moscow, meanwhile, has found a much more sympathetic America under Trump compared with his predecessor, but is now warily eying recently warming ties between Washington and Kyiv as the US President appears to lose patience with Putin in his push for an end to the conflict.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Analysts at Leerink Partners wrote in a Monday note that the effect of Marks’ resignation on biotech and pharmaceutical stocks will depend in part on who replaces him at the FDA and whether Republicans in the White House and Congress start to lose patience with his approach.
—Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 29 May 2025
Hartman’s eight-game suspension in February was a tipping point, with everyone seeming to lose patience with him, from the commissioner to the Wild brass.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Moscow, meanwhile, has found a much more sympathetic America under Trump compared with his predecessor, but is now warily eying recently warming ties between Washington and Kyiv as the US President appears to lose patience with Putin in his push for an end to the conflict.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Analysts at Leerink Partners wrote in a Monday note that the effect of Marks’ resignation on biotech and pharmaceutical stocks will depend in part on who replaces him at the FDA and whether Republicans in the White House and Congress start to lose patience with his approach.
—Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Lose patience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20patience. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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