"cheek it through" meaning in All languages combined

See cheek it through on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: cheeks it through [present, singular, third-person], cheeking it through [participle, present], cheeked it through [participle, past], cheeked it through [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cheek it through (third-person singular simple present cheeks it through, present participle cheeking it through, simple past and past participle cheeked it through)
  1. (slang, US, dated, intransitive) To endure with an air of unearned confidence. Tags: US, dated, intransitive, slang

Inflected forms

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        "(slang, US, dated, intransitive) To endure with an air of unearned confidence."
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        "(slang, US, dated, intransitive) To endure with an air of unearned confidence."
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