"style it out" meaning in All languages combined

See style it out on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: styles it out [present, singular, third-person], styling it out [participle, present], styled it out [participle, past], styled it out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} style it out (third-person singular simple present styles it out, present participle styling it out, simple past and past participle styled it out)
  1. To appear confident.
    Sense id: en-style_it_out-en-verb-GdbH3o0U
  2. (British) To pretend not to be embarrassed; to deny that an embarrassing thing ever happened. Tags: British Related terms (deny embarrassment): play off
    Sense id: en-style_it_out-en-verb-kb9mfOdy Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 21 79 Disambiguation of 'deny embarrassment': 13 87

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