styleitout (third-person singular simple presentstyles it out,present participlestyling it out,simple past and past participlestyled it out)

1. Toappearconfident.
   • 2015 February 21, Abigail Radnor, quoting Beverley Knight, “How I get ready: Beverley Knight”, inThe Guardian‎^[1]:

     You’ve got to fake it until you make it. It’s an oldie but a goodie, because it's true. Many people worry about walking into a room full of strangers, but you have tostyle it out, appear confident. Everyone will fall for it, and suddenly the reality takes over and youare confident.

2. (British) Topretend not to beembarrassed; todeny that anembarrassing thing ever happened.
   • 2011 April 29, Polly Hudson, “Advice for Kate Middleton: If anything goes wrong,style it out...”, inDaily Mirror‎^[2]:

     Emergency: One trips while being taken up the aisle.
     Solution:Style it out. Turn that tumble into a dance move, and keep it up all the way to the altar.

   • 2012 December 12, “Not so cool now! Kate Moss tries tostyle it out after tripping over her heels during mid-morning stroll with husband Jamie Hince”, inDaily Mail‎^[3]:
   • 2015 October 27, Harry Fletcher, “Watch BBC newsreader Joanna Goslingstyle it out after missing her cue”, inDigital Spy‎^[4]:

     Is this the smoothest newsreader ever? Joanna Gosling more than made up for missing her cue on BBC News this morning (October 27) with a suave recovery. Gosling was late to start her report, butstyled it out with a smooth "belated good morning".

• (deny embarrassment):play off