"sit through" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sit through.ogg 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 Translations (to unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event): végigül (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for sit through meaning in English (1.8kB)

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