brave it out
Idioms-
Face danger or a difficult situation with courage. For example, They had far fewer votes than the opposition, but they decided to brave it out . [Late 1500s]
-
Also, brazen it out . Boast or swagger, act with impudent bravado. For example, They hadn't been invited but decided to stay and brazen it out . [Mid-1500s]
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Robert Loper will brave it out as Berenger, the man who manages to resist conformity, Arne Zaslove will direct, and film projections will take the place of props to provide the scenery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Afterward I was sorry I didn’t brave it out.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline
He filled his pipe with a nonchalant air belied by his shaking hand, and sought to brave it out.
From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert
"Now, dearest, we must brave it out; go to the coastguard's hut, and"—he pointed to an oilskin satchel which he had worn across his shoulders—"buy him."
From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis
The youth looked blank, and rather frightened, but tried to brave it out.
From Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
