Usually means: Intolerant of incompetence or stupidity.
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  1. suffer fools gladly: Merriam-Webster
  2. suffer fools gladly: Wiktionary
  3. suffer fools gladly: Dictionary.com
  4. Suffer fools gladly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. suffer fools gladly: Idioms

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  1. suffer fools gladly: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (suffer fools gladly)

verb:  (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To be tolerant of stupidity or incompetence in other people.

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