At first, Daimler tried to brazen it out, arguing that any small car would flip in such circumstances.

ECONOMIST: Car safety

Officials can fulminate or brazen it out, arguing by turns that the material involved is trivial or deeply damaging.

ECONOMIST: WikiLeaks

Nobody will think less of you if you just brazen it out.

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