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sitting through

sitting through is the present participle and gerund of sit through.

Meaning of sit through

Verb

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.
    • We had to sit through a 2-hour awards ceremony before the food arrived.

Questions about sitting through

What is sitting through the present participle and gerund of?
Sitting through is the present participle and gerund of sit through.

Words near sitting through in the dictionary

  1. sitting still
  2. sitting table
  3. sitting tables
  4. sitting tenant
  5. sitting tenants
  6. sitting through
  7. sitting tight
  8. sitting toilet
  9. sitting toilets
  10. sitting under
  11. sitting up

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