sat through

Attended the whole

Sat through means endured or remained present for something tedious, lengthy, or unpleasant until it ended.

The phrase implies patience or obligation rather than enjoyment: We sat through three hours of speeches, I sat through the whole movie even though it was terrible.

You sit through meetings, lectures, performances, or ceremonies you'd rather not attend.

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perseverance · lecture · meeting · seminar · forbearance · ceremony · ordeal · fortitude · speech · patience · involvement · boring · zoned out · fidgeting · witnessing · perceiving · restless · school assembly

Opposites
endurance vs. departure

sat throughwalked out

Exited abruptly in protest

stormed out · ditched · abandoned · fled · ducked out

passive attendance vs. active engagement

sat throughled

Guided or commanded

attendance vs. absence

sat throughskipped

Went past without stopping

missed · avoided · boycotted · blew off

Family

sat, through, sitting, sitter, sitters, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughness

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