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brazen out: synonyms: outbrazen ???

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To face up to or confront without shame

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The harm was done. What could he do now but marry her or run away? He could not brazen it out. The affair would be sure to be talked of and his employer would be certain to hear of it.

James Joyce. Dubliners

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“What makes you think they don’t know?” I asked, beginning to feel rather hollow, despite my earlier resolve to brazen it out.

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)