British slang meaning to brazen something out — to face down a difficult or embarrassing situation through sheer nerve and confidence rather than honesty or apology. The 'brass' element invokes the idea of bold, hard-faced audacity. Used in informal British speech for situations requiring bluffing through trouble.
He'd been caught in the lie but decided to brass it out rather than come clean.
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(slang, intransitive) To brazen out something.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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