"cheek it through" meaning in English

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Verb

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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