sit through

phrasal verb

sat through; sitting through; sits through
: to go to (something) and stay until the end
We had to sit through another boring meeting.

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Hegseth sat through Reed’s scathing criticism without showing much emotion, while his wife sat directly behind him in the expansive Dirksen Senate Office Building hearing room. Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025 Others are very bold and can sit through a multi-million dollar negotiation with nerves of steel. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025 Gale Kaufman, another veteran Democratic strategist, has sat through countless focus groups. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Actually sitting through it may have dampened viewers’ enthusiasm for more. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sit through 

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“Sit through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20through. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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