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View definitions for be patient

be patient

verb as in bear with

verb as in hold your horses

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Sears, 81, tried to be patient.

Tran’s campaign manager, Gowri Buddiga, said Monday that voters need to be patient, but the campaign is “confident that as the remaining vote-by-mail, provisional, and conditional ballots are tallied, Derek Tran will emerge victorious.”

Science requires us to be patient.

From Slate

“The recovery stage is going to be long... so please be patient.”

“I just know what type of player I am. Just knowing who I am and having to just be patient — I’ve been patient my whole career, with injuries and stuff like that. And I feel like I’ve always performed the way I perform every time I get my opportunity. This is just another testament to it. Hopefully just keep building for those, for sure. That’s what I want to do. Help this team. That’s what it comes down to. I just want to feel like I’m contributing.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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