"put on a brave face" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: puts on a brave face [present, singular, third-person], putting on a brave face [participle, present], put on a brave face [participle, past], put on a brave face [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> on a brave face|head=put on a brave face}} put on a brave face (third-person singular simple present puts on a brave face, present participle putting on a brave face, simple past and past participle put on a brave face)
  1. (informal, without object) To behave in a brave or stoic manner. Tags: informal Related terms: grin and bear it, whistle in the dark Coordinate_terms: put a brave face on (english: be confident about (something bad)) Translations (Translations): esittää rohkeaa (Finnish), храбри́ться (xrabrítʹsja) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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