"sit through" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-sit through.ogg [Australia] Forms: sits through [present, singular, third-person], sitting through [participle, present], sat through [participle, past], sat through [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sit<,,sat> through}} sit through (third-person singular simple present sits through, present participle sitting through, simple past and past participle sat through)
  1. (idiomatic) To unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-sit_through-en-verb-mM-8buR4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (through)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sit through meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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