to stay until the end of a performance, speech, meeting, etc. that you think is boring or too long :
We had to sit through nearly two hours of speeches.
to stay until the end of a performance, speech, meeting, etc. that you think is boring or too long :
We had to sit through nearly two hours of speeches.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005