Wear down, as one's patience Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
2. test the limits of
(noun)
1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PATIENCE (noun)
1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
2. a card game played by one person
DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down

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