strain courtesy (English, verb)
expansion: strain courtesy (third-person singular simple present strains courtesy, present participle straining courtesy, simple past and past participle strained courtesy)
Senses:
glosses: To go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others.
Forms:
form: strains courtesy
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: straining courtesy
tags: participle
present
form: strained courtesy
tags: participle
past
form: strained courtesy
tags: past